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Is pos a Scrabble word?

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

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Is pos a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3O1S1

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You can make 7 words from 'pos' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


3 letters words from 'pos'

OPS 5POS 5
SOP 5 

2 letters words from 'pos'

OP 4OS 2
PO 4SO 2

All 3 letters words made out of pos

pos ops pso spo osp sop

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

Definitions and meaning of pos

pos

Etymology 1

Adjective

pos (comparative more pos, superlative most pos)

  1. (Britain, slang) Clipping of positive.
    I'm not absolutely pos on that, sir.
  2. (slang) Clipping of HIV positive.

Etymology 2

Noun

pos

  1. plural of po

Anagrams

  • OPS, OPS+, OPs, PSO, S.O.P., SOP, ops, sop

Galician

Noun

pos

  1. plural of po

Verb

pos

  1. Second-person singular (ti) present indicative of poñer

Verb

pos

  1. Second-person singular (ti) present indicative of pór

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin post (with the t dropped so not to interfere with posto (“postal service, post, mail”)), Russian после (posle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pos/, /pɔs/

Preposition

pos

  1. after

Derived terms

  • posa (“after”)
  • pose (“then, afterwards”)
  • depos (“since, afterward”)
    • depose (“since, from that time”)
  • pos-

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch post (“post”), from Middle French poste, from Italian posta, posto, from Latin postus, from positus. Cognate to Malay pos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɔs]
  • Hyphenation: pos

Noun

pos (plural, first-person possessive posku, second-person possessive posmu, third-person possessive posnya)

  1. mail.
    1. post.
    2. post office.
      Synonym: kantor pos
    3. (archaic) posthorse.
    4. (archaic) postal station.
  2. post, station.
    1. station.
    2. (archaic) postal station.
    3. base.
  3. (colloquial) meeting place.
  4. (accounting) budget.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “pos” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From English post. Cognate to Indonesian pos.

Noun

pos

  1. mail.
  2. post, an assigned station, an appointed position in an organization.

Portuguese

Verb

pos

  1. Obsolete spelling of pôs

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpos/

Conjunction

pos

  1. (Latin America) Alternative spelling of pues

Preposition

pos

  1. (archaic) after, behind

Noun

pos m (uncountable)

  1. pursuit

Usage notes

As a noun, current usage is restricted to the phrase en pos de

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

Noun

pos m

  1. dog

Volapük

Preposition

pos

  1. after, behind

White Hmong

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɒ˩/

Noun

pos

  1. thorn

References

  • Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, 2004)

Source: wiktionary.org
  • (colloquial) positive.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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