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Is poi a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word poi is a Scrabble US word. The word poi is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is poi a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word poi is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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Yes. The word poi is a Words With Friends word. The word poi is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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Valid words made from Poi

You can make 6 words from 'poi' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

3 letters words from 'poi'

POI 5 

2 letters words from 'poi'

IO 2OI 2
OP 4PI 4
PO 4 

All 3 letters words made out of poi

poi opi pio ipo oip iop

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word poi. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in poi.

Definitions and meaning of poi

poi

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General American) IPA(key): /pɔɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hawaiian poi.

Noun

poi (uncountable)

  1. (Hawaii) The traditional staple food of Hawaii, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment. [from 18th c.]
  2. A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori poi.

Noun

poi (plural poi or pois)

  1. (New Zealand) A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string. [from 19th c.]
  2. (New Zealand) A traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of such a ball. [from 19th c.]

Further reading

  • poi (food) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • poi (performance art) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • IOP, IPO, OPI, PIO, Pio

Hawaiian

Noun

poi

  1. Traditional staple food of Hawaiʻi. A porridge-like substance made from cooked and ground taro corm mixed with water.

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔj/
  • Rhymes: -ɔj
  • Hyphenation: pòi

Adverb

poi

  1. then
  2. later

Derived terms

  • poiché

Related terms

  • dopo

Noun

il poi m (invariable)

  1. the future

References

Anagrams

  • Pio, ipo-, pio, pio-

Japanese

Romanization

poi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぽい
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ポイ

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ပွဲ (pwai:).

Noun

poi

  1. feast, festival

References

  • Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎[1], volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128

Old French

Etymology

From Latin paucus.

Adjective

poi m or f (invariable)

  1. few; little

Adverb

poi

  1. little; not much

Pronoun

poi

  1. few; not many (people, objects etc.)

Descendants

  • French: peu

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.i/
  • Hyphenation: po‧i
  • Rhymes: -ɔi

Verb

poi

  1. third-person singular present of poić

Romanian

Adverb

poi

  1. Alternative form of apoi

Samoan

Noun

poi

  1. Samoan poi

Sukurum

Noun

poi

  1. water

References

  • Susanne Holzknecht, The Markham languages of Papua New Guinea (1989), page 71

Source: wiktionary.org
  • a Hawaiian food.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)