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poise

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Is poise a Scrabble word?

Yes, poise is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 7 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle Yes
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of poise?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (physics) A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre.Examples: "Letterpress and offset gloss varnishes normally have viscosities varying from 50 to 250 poises; they must stain the paper as little as possible, have insufficient tack to cause plucking, […]"countableuncountable

2. (obsolete) Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.Examples: "as an huge rockie clift, / Whose false foundation waues haue washt away, / With dreadfull poyse is from the mayneland rift, / […] So downe he fell […]"countableobsoleteuncountable

verb (English)

1. (obsolete) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.Examples: "The slender, graceful spars / Poise aloft in the air."obsolete

2. (obsolete) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.Examples: "one scale of reason to poise another of sensuality"; "1699, John Dryden, Epistle to John Dryden to poise with solid sense a sprightly wit"obsolete

3. (obsolete) To be of a given weight; to weigh.obsolete

4. (obsolete) To add weight to, to weigh down.Examples: "Every man poiseth [translating poise] upon his fellowes sinne, and elevates his owne."obsolete

5. (now rare) To hold (something) with or against something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose.Examples: "you saw her faire none els being by, / Her selfe poysd with her selfe in either eye."archaic

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "poise"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "poise"?

Scrabble
7 points
P3
O1
I1
S1
E1
Words With Friends
8 points
P4
O1
I1
S1
E1

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