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How to spell replay

hear itre·play/ri'pleɪ/verbPrefixes and work

What it means: To play something again.

In a sentence: Let's replay the fun game we played yesterday!

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as re-play or repla.

Same family: replay (verb), player, playback, gameplay, display. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Replay is formed from the prefix "re-" meaning "again" and the verb "play." It became especially common in the late 20th century with the rise of televised sports and video technology, when showing a play again became an important part of broadcasts.

Patterns it uses: Prefixes keep every letter

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