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Is pooh a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pooh is a Scrabble US word. The word pooh is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

P3O1O1H4

Is pooh a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pooh is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

P3O1O1H4

Is pooh a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word pooh is a Words With Friends word. The word pooh is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4O1O1H3

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4-letter words (2 found)

HOOP,POOH,

3-letter words (8 found)

HOO,HOP,OHO,OOH,OOP,PHO,POH,POO,

2-letter words (5 found)

HO,OH,OO,OP,PO,

You can make 15 words from pooh according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pooh

pooh

English

Alternative forms

  • poo
  • (obsolete): puh, poogh, pugh

Etymology

Originally onomatopoeic ("perhaps ancient" according to Online Etymology Dictionary) for a puff of air, after earlier poh and similar to later pew, phew, pho, phoo, poof. Later influenced by poop, onomatopoeic for the sound of flatulating and defecating, and by interjections of disgust similar to phew, pee-ew. Interjection for an unpleasant smell possibly linked to French puer (“to stink”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /phuː/, /puː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /pu/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Interjection

pooh

  1. Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.
    • 1600, Ben Jonson, Every Man out of His Humor, iii, i, sig. iii:
      I am carelesse what the fustie World speakes of me, puh.
  2. Expressing disgust at an unpleasant smell.
  3. (euphemistic) Alternative form of poo: a minced oath for 'shit'.

Synonyms

  • (expressing contempt): pht, feh, meh, pshaw, pish, bah, poh; see also Thesaurus:bah
  • (expressing disgust at a smell): bleah, eww, ick, uck; see also Thesaurus:yuck

Derived terms

  • pooh-bah, poobah, pooh-pooh, pooh-pooh theory

Noun

pooh (countable and uncountable, plural poohs)

  1. (countable) An instance of saying "pooh".
  2. (uncountable, childish) Alternative form of poo: feces.
  3. (countable, chiefly UK, childish) Alternative form of poo: A piece of feces; an act of defecation.

Verb

pooh (third-person singular simple present poohs, present participle poohing, simple past and past participle poohed)

  1. (intransitive) To say "pooh".
  2. (transitive) To say "pooh" to.
  3. (intransitive, childish) Alternative form of poo: To defecate or dirty something with feces.

Synonyms

  • (all): pooh-pooh

References

  • “pooh, n. and int.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
  • “pooh, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Anagrams

  • Hoop, hoop, ooph, phoo

Source: wiktionary.org