Definitions for Pleiad

Pleiad Ple·iad

Spelling: [plee-uh d, plahy-uh d]
IPA: /ˈpli əd, ˈplaɪ əd/

Pleiad is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 145 anagrams from letters in Pleiad (adeilp).

Definitions for Pleiad

noun

  1. any of the Pleiades.
  2. French Pléiade [pley-yad] /pleɪˈyad/ (Show IPA). a group of seven French poets of the latter half of the 16th century.
  3. (usually lowercase) any group of eminent or brilliant persons or things, especially when seven in number.

Examples for Pleiad

Pleiad, plī′ad, n. one of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, after death changed into stars:—pl.

A bit of mould is a Pleiad of flowers; a nebula is an ant-hill of stars.

Ever since there have only been six stars, the six maidens, in the Pleiad.

The attempt was bold, and the Pleiad did not pretend to consult the taste of the vulgar.

Yet, here was Hrdia and the Pleiad and de Vigny, all of whom were beloved exceptions.

I can see only six of them, and there is a famous old tale about the "lost Pleiad."

The Pleiad and the host of minor Alexandrian stars have fared, however, worse than their Athenian models.

But he inaugurates the Pleiad of amateur, curious, and commercial travellers.

One of the stars in his Pleiad was covered with a black cloud while I made my observations.

Yet, here was Hérédia and the Pleiad and de Vigny, all of whom were beloved exceptions.

Word Value for Pleiad
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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