POSS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. POSS is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept POSS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POSS is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POSS
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
posseChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How POSS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in POSS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does POSS mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialectBritish
To wash clothes by agitating them in water with a pole or stick.
In British dialect, especially in the north of England, to poss clothes meant to work them clean in a tub of water by pushing and stirring them with a long wooden implement called a poss-stick. This was a method used before washing machines became common.
How POSS is used
Dialectal and now largely historical, tied to washing methods before modern machines.
- Her grandmother used to poss the sheets in a wooden tub.
- They would poss the washing every Monday morning.
- The poss-stick stood by the tub, ready to poss the clothes.
- It took real effort to poss heavy blankets clean.
- Old accounts describe women who poss laundry by hand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POSS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POSS
The 4 tiles of POSS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with POSS
Showing 24 of 53 words that begin with POSS.
Words with POSS inside
Showing 24 of 47 words that contain POSS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with POSS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POSS
Common questions about POSS
- Is POSS valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and POSS is not in it.
- How many points is POSS worth?
- POSS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POSS mean?
- To wash clothes by agitating them in water with a pole or stick.
- What letters can be added to POSS?
- POSS takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of POSS:
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