POESY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. POESY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POESY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POESY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POESY
No single letter turns POESY into another word.
How POESY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in POESY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What stands out about POESY
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does POESY mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
Poetry considered as an art or a body of poems; in an older sense, a short verse or motto.
Poesy is an old and elevated word for poetry itself, used when a writer wants to evoke the craft of verse rather than name a single poem. English borrowed poesy from French poesie, itself from Greek poiesis, meaning a making or creation, which is why the word carries a sense of poetry as something crafted. In an older, narrower use, a poesy was a short line of verse or a motto engraved inside a ring or on a gift. The everyday word posy, meaning a bunch of flowers, grew out of this second sense.
How POESY is used
Archaic and literary; met mainly in older writing, poetry criticism, or deliberately old-fashioned prose.
- The critic praised the poesy of the young writer's early sonnets.
- She filled her journal with fragments of poesy copied from favourite poets.
- The scholar traced how English poesy changed after the Restoration.
- He signed the letter with a line of poesy rather than a plain farewell.
- Their wedding ring bore a tiny poesy engraved around the inside.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POESY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POESY
The 5 tiles of POESY in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with POESY
1 longer words begin with POESY.
Shorter words from the letters in POESY
Common questions about POESY
- Is POESY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POESY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POESY worth?
- POESY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POESY mean?
- Poetry considered as an art or a body of poems; in an older sense, a short verse or motto.
- What letters can be added to POESY?
- No single letter can be added to POESY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of POESY:
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