POISE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. POISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POISE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POISE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POISE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POISE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in POISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,892.
What does POISE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Graceful, composed balance in a person's bearing or manner, especially under pressure.
Poise describes someone who stays steady and controlled, physically or emotionally, when a situation might easily unsettle them, and it can describe a dancer holding a difficult position as readily as a speaker keeping calm before a hostile audience. The word can also work as a verb, to poise something, meaning to hold it balanced and ready, hanging between two possible movements. A separate, purely scientific sense survives in physics, where a poise is a unit measuring how thick or resistant to flow a liquid is. All three senses share the same root idea of balance, whether it belongs to a person's manner, an object held in the hand, or a fluid's resistance to motion.
How POISE is used
Most often used of a person's calm, balanced manner; the unit of viscosity is a separate, purely technical sense.
- She answered the difficult question with remarkable poise.
- The gymnast poised herself at the edge of the beam before the routine.
- He lost his poise completely when the microphone failed.
- The waiter poised the tray above the crowded table.
- Years of training gave the dancer an unusual poise on stage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POISE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POISE
4 longer words begin with POISE.
Words ending in POISE
6 words end in POISE. Useful as a back hook: play POISE onto a word already on the board.
Words with POISE inside
13 words contain POISE in the middle. Words that start with POISE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POISE
Common questions about POISE
- Is POISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POISE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POISE worth?
- POISE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POISE mean?
- Graceful, composed balance in a person's bearing or manner, especially under pressure.
- What letters can be added to POISE?
- POISE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of POISE:
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