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Definition ploy

Etymology 1

Possibly from a shortened form of employ or deploy. Or from earlier ploye, from Middle English, borrowed from Middle French ployer (compare modern plier), from Latin plic?re.

Noun

ploy (countable and uncountable, plural ploys)

  1. A tactic, strategy, or gimmick.
  2. (Britain, Scotland, dialectal) Sport; frolic.
  3. (obsolete) Employment.

Etymology 2

Probably abbreviated from deploy.

Verb

ploy (third-person singular simple present ploys, present participle ploying, simple past and past participle ployed)

  1. (military) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.

Results 460 Words with the letters PLOY

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COMPLY 18
DEPLOY 13
EMPLOY 15
FLOPPY 18
GLOPPY 17
JALOPY 21
OPENLY 13
PAYOLA 12
PEYOTL 12
PHYLLO 15
PHYLON 15
PHYTOL 14
PLOIDY 13
PLOTTY 12
PLOYED 13
POKILY 16
POLEYN 13
POLICY 15
POLITY 12
POLYPI 15
POLYPS 15
POORLY 12
PORTLY 12
POSHLY 14
PROPYL 15
PROTYL 12
PYLONS 13
PYLORI 12
PYROLA 12
PYRROL 12
ROPILY 12
SLOPPY 15
5 letter words with the letters PLOY 
LOOPY 11
LOPPY 14
PLOYS 11
POLYP 14
POLYS 11
PYLON 12
4 letter words with the letters PLOY 
PLOY 10
POLY 10
3 letter words with the letters PLOY 
LOP 7
PLY 9
POL 7
2 letter words with the letters PLOY 
LO 3
OP 5
OY 4
YO 4

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