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   ploy

   /plɔɪ/

   noun

   • 1. a cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one's own advantage: "this was widely interpreted as a ploy to buy time in order to consolidate his position"
   • ▪ an activity done for amusement: "the eternal cross-stitch I was set to do before I could indulge my own ploys"

   Word Origin late 17th century (originally Scots and northern English in the sense ‘pastime’): of unknown origin. The notion of ‘a calculated plan’ dates from the 1950s.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • P

     3

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • Y

     4

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