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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:

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3-letter words (3 found)

OPS,POS,SOP,

2-letter words (4 found)

OP,OS,PO,SO,

You can make 7 words from pos according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pos

pos

Translingual

Symbol

pos

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sayula Popoluca.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Sayula Popoluca terms

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɒz/
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /pɔz/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɑz/

Adjective

pos (comparative more pos, superlative most pos)

  1. (UK, slang) Clipping of positive.
  2. Alternative spelling of poz (“HIV positive”).
  3. Clipping of possessive.
Derived terms
  • pos pron

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəʊz/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /poʊz/

Noun

pos

  1. plural of po

Anagrams

  • sop, ops, Ops, SPO, OPS+, -spo, OPS, PSO, OPs, SOP, S.O.P.

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • pues

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pos, from Latin post.

Conjunction

pos

  1. so, then

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch posch, from Old Dutch *posc, of unknown descent. Compare West Frisian poask.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔs/
  • Hyphenation: pos
  • Rhymes: -ɔs

Noun

pos f (plural possen, diminutive posje n)

  1. ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua)

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔs/ [ˈpɔs̺]
  • Rhymes: -ɔs

Noun

pos

  1. plural of po

Verb

pos

  1. second-person singular present indicative of poñer

Verb

pos

  1. second-person singular present indicative of pór

References

  • “pos”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

German

Pronunciation

Verb

pos

  1. singular imperative of posen

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English post.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʊs/

Noun

pos

  1. mail
  2. post, station

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

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpos/ [ˈpɔs]
  • Rhymes: -os
  • Syllabification: pos

Noun

pos (plural pos-pos)

  1. mail
  2. post, station
  3. (colloquial) meeting place
  4. (accounting) budget

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “pos” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From English post. Cognate to Indonesian pos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpos/ [ˈpos]

Noun

pos (Jawi spelling ڤوس, plural pos-pos)

  1. mail
    Synonym: (uncommon, only in compounds) mel
  2. post (assigned station or appointed position in an organization)

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “pos” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Portuguese

Verb

pos

  1. obsolete spelling of pôs

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpos/ [ˈpos]
  • Rhymes: -os
  • Syllabification: pos

Etymology 1

Modification of pues.

Conjunction

pos

  1. (colloquial, Latin America) synonym of pues

Etymology 2

From Latin post (“after, behind”).

Preposition

pos

  1. (archaic) after, behind

Noun

pos m (uncountable)

  1. only used in en pos de (“in pursuit of”)

Further reading

  • “pos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
  • “pos”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pь̀sъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔs/
  • Rhymes: -ɔs
  • Hyphenation: pos
  • Syllabification: pos

Noun

pos m animal

  1. (zoology) dog
    Synonym: psyk

Declension

References

  • “pos” in Soblex

Volapük

Preposition

pos

  1. after, behind

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *-boᴮ (“thorn”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɒ˩/

Noun

pos

  1. thorn

Derived terms

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 233.
  • Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, 2004)

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