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Poses

Q: What does poses mean?

poses is the plural and third-person singular form of pose, which means “affected manners intended to impress others”. It has 9 meanings in total, listed above.

p ₃o ₁s ₁e ₁s ₁

About 2 syllables

noun · verb · 5 letters · Very common · plural and third-person singular form of pose

Scrabble US & Canada : valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : valid
Wordle : valid

What does poses mean?

noun

affected manners intended to impress others
“don't put on airs with me”
Synonymsairs
a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
Synonymsaffectation mannerism affectedness

verb

introduce
“This poses an interesting question”
Synonymspresent
assume a posture as for artistic purposes
“We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often”
Synonymsmodel sit posture
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
“She posed as the Czar's daughter”
Synonymsimpersonate personate
behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
“Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!”
Synonymsposture
put into a certain place or abstract location
“Put your things here”
Synonymsput set place position lay
be a mystery or bewildering to
“This beats me!”
Synonymsperplex vex stick get puzzle

Definitions shown for pose, the base form of poses.

Is POSES a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	Yes
Wordle (guess list)	Yes

How many points is POSES worth?

Scrabble

7 pts

p ₃o ₁s ₁e ₁s ₁

Words With Friends

8 pts

p ₄o ₁s ₁e ₁s ₁

Wordfeud

8 pts

p ₄o ₁s ₁e ₁s ₁

NYT Crossplay

7 pts

p ₃o ₁s ₁e ₁s ₁

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in POSES

Anagrams 3

pesos posse speos

Best shorter words top 24 of 24

epos 6 opes 6 peso 6 pose 6 poss 6 seps 6 sops 6 ope 5 ops 5 pes 5 pos 5 sop 5 op 4 oses 4 pe 4 po 4 ess 3 oes 3 ose 3 sos 3 es 2 oe 2 os 2 so 2

See all 24 words made from POSES

Hooks for POSES

Add one letter to the front or back of POSES to make another word.

Front hooks

eposes

Back hooks

None

Words that end like POSES

Common words that share the ending -OSES, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

loses closes doses noses hoses roses encloses cosmoses neuroses diagnoses discloses overdoses primroses prognoses psychoses rhinoceroses metamorphoses imposes opposes composes proposes purposes supposes exposes

All words ending in -OSES

Poses: quick answers

Is POSES a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. POSES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 7 points before board bonuses.

How many points is POSES worth?

POSES scores 7 points in Scrabble, 8 in Words With Friends, 8 in Wordfeud and 7 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What does poses mean?

poses is the plural and third-person singular form of pose, which means “affected manners intended to impress others”. It has 9 meanings in total, listed above.

What words can you make with the letters in POSES?

You can make 24 shorter words from POSES, such as EPOS, OPES, PESO, POSE. See the full list.

What are the anagrams of POSES?

POSES rearranges into PESOS, POSSE, SPEOS.