plan: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with P · ends with N
Meaning of plan
noun
A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
Example: The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available.
A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
Example: He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control.
A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
Example: Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors.
A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
Listed forms: plans.
Source: Wiktionary — plan.
verb
- transitive
To design (a building, machine, etc.).
Example: The architect planned the building for the client.
- transitive
To create a plan for.
Example: They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.
- intransitive
To intend.
Example: He planned to go, but work intervened.
- intransitive
To make a plan.
Example: They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies.
Listed forms: plans, planning, planned.
Source: Wiktionary — plan.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for plan.
noun
a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
noun
an arrangement scheme
noun
scale drawing of a structure
- architectural plan
verb
have the will and intention to carry out some action
- be after
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is plan in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of plan
P(3) + L(1) + A(1) + N(1) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of plan
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from plan
9 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in plan. Showing up to 24, longest first.