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Is position a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word position is a Scrabble US word. The word position is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is position a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word position is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

P3O1S1I1T1I1O1N1

Is position a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word position is a Words With Friends word. The word position is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

POSITION,

7-letter words (4 found)

OPTIONS,POITINS,POSITON,POTIONS,

6-letter words (14 found)

NOSTOI,OPTION,PINOTS,PINTOS,PISTON,PITONS,POINTS,POISON,POITIN,POSTIN,POTINS,POTION,SPINTO,TOISON,

5-letter words (29 found)

INSPO,INTIS,NOOIT,NOOPS,OINTS,OONTS,OPSIN,PINOT,PINTO,PINTS,PIONS,PITON,POINT,PONTS,POONS,POOTS,POSIT,POTIN,PSION,SNOOP,SNOOT,SPOON,SPOOT,STOOP,TIPIS,TOONS,TOPIS,TOPOI,TOPOS,

4-letter words (48 found)

INTI,INTO,IONS,ISIT,NIPS,NISI,NITS,NOOP,OINT,ONOS,ONST,ONTO,OONS,OONT,OOPS,OOTS,OPTS,PINS,PINT,PION,PISO,PITS,POIS,PONS,PONT,POON,POOS,POOT,POST,POTS,SNIP,SNIT,SNOT,SOON,SOOP,SOOT,SPIN,SPIT,SPOT,STOP,TINS,TIPI,TIPS,TONS,TOON,TOPI,TOPO,TOPS,

3-letter words (41 found)

INS,ION,IOS,ISO,ITS,NIP,NIS,NIT,NOO,NOS,NOT,OIS,ONO,ONS,OON,OOP,OOS,OOT,OPS,OPT,PIN,PIS,PIT,POI,POO,POS,POT,PSI,PST,SIN,SIP,SIT,SON,SOP,SOT,TIN,TIP,TIS,TON,TOO,TOP,

2-letter words (17 found)

IN,IO,IS,IT,NO,OI,ON,OO,OP,OS,PI,PO,SI,SO,ST,TI,TO,

You can make 154 words from position according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of position

position

Etymology

From Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positio (“a putting, position”), from ponere, past participle positus (“to put, place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈzɪʃ.(ə)n/
  • (General American) enPR: pə-zĭshʹ(ə)n, IPA(key): /pəˈzɪʃ.(ə)n/
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃən
  • Hyphenation (UK): po‧si‧tion, pos‧i‧tion, (US): po‧si‧tion

Noun

position (plural positions)

  1. A place or location.
    Synonym: (obsolete) stead
  2. A post of employment; a job.
  3. A status or rank.
  4. An opinion, stand, or stance.
  5. A posture.
  6. (figurative) A situation suitable to perform some action.
  7. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
  8. (finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
    long position
    naked position
  9. (finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.
  10. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
  11. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
  12. (poker) The order in which players are seated around the table.
  13. (electronics) A pin; a connector.

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Verb

position (third-person singular simple present positions, present participle positioning, simple past and past participle positioned)

  1. To put into place.
    • 26 June 2012, Simon Bowers in The Guardian, Tax crackdowns threaten Channel Islands' haven status[1]
      While other small nations with large banking sectors, such as Iceland and Ireland, have been undone by their reckless lending practices, the debt-free Channel Islands have always positioned themselves as dependable repositories of riches.

Synonyms

  • stell (obsolete)

Translations

Further reading

  • “position”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “position”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • position (finance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • position (geometry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • position (poker) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • sopition

Finnish

Noun

position

  1. genitive singular of positio

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French posicion, borrowed from Latin positiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /po.zi.sjɔ̃/

Noun

position f (plural positions)

  1. position

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “position”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔsɪˈɧuːn/
  • (Light /ɧ/ variant) IPA(key): [pɔsɪˈʂuːn]

Noun

position c

  1. a place, a location, a position. A description of where something is located with respect to the surroundings, e.g. the satellites of the GPS system.
  2. (team sports) a place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.

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Related terms

  • positionera

Source: wiktionary.org