platen

1. A flat plate or rolling cylinder in a printing press that positions the paper and holds it against the inked type.

2. Computer Science The roller in a printer against which the print head strikes.

3. The glass surface of a flatbed scanner.

4. The roller in a typewriter that serves as the backing for the paper against which the type bars strike.

5. A flat .

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
platen	8	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
en	2
na	2
ne	2
pa	4
pe	4
ae	2
la	2
et	2
el	2
ta	2
al	2
an	2
at	2
te	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
pan	5
nae	3
nap	5
net	3
ten	3
tel	3
tea	3
pat	5
pea	5
pen	5
tap	5
pal	5
tan	3
pet	5
tae	3
let	3
eat	3
eta	3
ate	3
apt	5
lap	5
lat	3
lea	3
ape	5
ant	3
ane	3
alt	3
alp	5
ale	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
peat	6
plea	6
plat	6
plan	6
pent	6
pelt	6
lept	6
tael	4
tale	4
tape	6
teal	4
tela	4
tepa	6
peal	6
neat	4
etna	4
elan	4
neap	6
nape	6
lane	4
late	4
lean	4
leap	6
lent	4
pean	6
ante	4
pale	6
pane	6
pant	6
pate	6

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
leant	5
leapt	7
lepta	7
laten	5
tepal	7
plena	7
pleat	7
plate	7
plant	7
plane	7
petal	7
penal	7
paten	7
panel	7
palet	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
platen	8
planet	8