playa

Plural: playas

Noun

• A flat-bottomed, often dry, desert basin or lake bed.
• A level area which habitually fills with water that evaporates entirely.
• A dude (an informal term of address or general term to describe a person, typically male).
• A player (someone who plays the field, or has prowess in gaining romantic and sexual relationships).

Examples

• The wide-open Scrabble board felt like a playa, ready for words to form across its expanse.