POSH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. POSH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POSH?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POSH is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POSH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How POSH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in POSH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,635.
What stands out about POSH
- The same 4 tiles also spell 5 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 POSH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
British
Elegant and expensively stylish.
Posh is famously said to be an acronym about which side of a ship a cabin was booked on, and there is no evidence for that whatever. The real origin remains unknown.
How POSH is used
Before and after the noun. Comparative posher.
- A posh hotel with a very ordinary breakfast.
- The word posh is not an acronym, whatever people say.
- Posher than anywhere else on the street.
- The shipping story about posh has no evidence behind it.
- Where posh came from is genuinely unknown.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POSH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POSH
The 4 tiles of POSH in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with POSH
12 longer words begin with POSH.
Words ending in POSH
2 words end in POSH. Useful as a back hook: play POSH onto a word already on the board.
Words with POSH inside
6 words contain POSH in the middle. Words that start with POSH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POSH
Common questions about POSH
- Is POSH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POSH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POSH worth?
- POSH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POSH mean?
- Elegant and expensively stylish.
- What letters can be added to POSH?
- POSH takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of POSH:
Open POSH in the Word Finder