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Is posh a Scrabble word?

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

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Is posh a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3O1S1H4

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

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4-letter words (6 found)

HOPS,PHOS,POHS,POSH,SHOP,SOPH,

3-letter words (10 found)

HOP,HOS,OHS,OPS,PHO,POH,POS,SHO,SOH,SOP,

2-letter words (7 found)

HO,OH,OP,OS,PO,SH,SO,

You can make 23 words from posh according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of posh

posh opsh psoh spoh osph soph pohs ophs phos hpos ohps hops psho spho phso hpso shpo hspo oshp sohp ohsp hosp shop hsop

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

Definitions and meaning of posh

posh

Etymology

Unknown.

Most likely derived from Romani posh (“half”), either because posh-kooroona (“half a crown”) (originally a substantial sum of money) was used metaphorically for anything pricey or upper-class, or because posh-houri (“half-penny”) came to refer to money generally.

A period slang dictionary defines "posh" as a term used by thieves for "money : generic, but specifically, a halfpenny or other small coin". An example is given from James Payn's The Eavesdropper (1888): "They used such funny terms: 'brads,' and 'dibbs,' and 'mopusses,' and 'posh' ... at last it was borne in upon me that they were talking about money."

Evidence exists for a slang sense from the 1890s meaning dandy, which is quite possibly related.

A popular folk etymology holds that the term is an acronym for "port out, starboard home", describing the cooler, north-facing cabins taken by the most aristocratic or rich passengers travelling from Britain to India and back. However, there is no evidence for this claim.

It could also possibly be a clipping of polished.

See also the articles mentioned in the References section below for additional discussion.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɑʃ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɒʃ/, IPA(key): /pəʊʃ/ (humorous or upper-class)
  • Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Adjective

posh (comparative posher or more posh, superlative poshest or most posh)

  2. Associated with the upper classes.
  4. Stylish; elegant; exclusive; luxurious; expensive.
    Coordinate term: plush
  6. (usually offensive, especially in Ireland, Scotland, Northern England) Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that one is better than everyone else.

Quotations

  • 1919: "Well, it ain't one of the classic events. It were run over there." Docker jerked a thumb vaguely in the direction of France. "At a 'Concours Hippique,' which is posh for 'Race Meeting.' — Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, June 18, 1919

Derived terms

  • posh wank
  • poshen
  • poshdom
  • poshly
  • poshness
  • posho
  • poshy
  • too posh to push

Translations

Interjection

posh

  1. An exclamation expressing derision.
    • 1889: "The czar! Posh! I slap my fingers--I snap my fingers at him." — Rudyard Kipling, The Man Who Was

Derived terms

  • pish posh

Noun

posh (countable and uncountable, plural poshes)

  1. (uncountable) fragments produced by an impact
  2. (uncountable) slush
  3. (countable, UK, slang, obsolete) A halfpenny or other coin of little value.
  4. (uncountable, UK, slang, obsolete) Money.

Verb

posh (third-person singular simple present poshes, present participle poshing, simple past and past participle poshed)

  1. (normally in the phrasal verb posh up) To make posh, or posher.
    Synonym: poshen

References

  • “posh”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • (halfpenny; money): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

  • Hosp., OHPs, PHOs, Soph, hops, hosp, phos, shop, soph

Maricopa

Noun

posh

  1. cat

Romani

Alternative forms

  • push

Etymology

From Old Armenian փոշի (pʻoši). Doublet of poshík.

Noun

posh

  1. dust

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փոշի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 517a
  • Vaillant, Jean-Alexandre (1868) “pos'”, in Grammaire, dialogues et vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens ou Cigains (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve, page 123a

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