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8-Letter Words Starting With POIS

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Popular 8-Letter Words Starting With POIS

The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.

All 8-Letter Words Starting With POIS 3 words

How common is POIS at the start of eight-letter words?

Our combined English word list has 3 eight-letter words that start with POIS. They average 10.3 points and the best is POISONED (11 points).

Total words
3
Average Scrabble score
10.3
out of 11 max
Everyday words
33%
common in ordinary English
Most common ending
D
33.3% of words

Most common last letters

  • d 33.3%
  • r 33.3%
  • s 33.3%

Top vowel pairs

  • oi100%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

Rare words worth knowing

Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with POIS

p 3o 1i 1s 1o 1n 1e 1d 2

P 3 + O 1 + I 1 + S 1 + O 1 + N 1 + E 1 + D 2 = 11 points

Double word
22 pts
Triple word
33 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

poisoned

Form of poison

  1. verbspoil as if by poison“poison someone's mind”
  2. verbkill with poison“She poisoned her husband”
  3. verbadd poison to“Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her”
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How many eight-letter words that start with POIS are there?

There are 3 eight-letter words that start with POIS in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.

What is the highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with POIS?

POISONED is worth 11 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are POISONER (10), POISSONS (10).