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Is posture a Scrabble word?

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

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Is posture a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is posture a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word posture is a Words With Friends word. The word posture is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (7 found)

PETROUS,POSTURE,POUTERS,PROTEUS,SEPTUOR,SPOUTER,TROUPES,

6-letter words (29 found)

ERUPTS,OPTERS,OUSTER,OUTERS,POSEUR,POSTER,POUTER,PRESTO,PUREST,REPOST,REPOTS,RESPOT,ROUPET,ROUTES,SOUPER,SOUTER,SPROUT,STOPER,STOURE,STROUP,STUPOR,TOPERS,TOUSER,TROPES,TROUPE,TROUSE,UPREST,UPROSE,UPTORE,

5-letter words (65 found)

ERUPT,ESTOP,ESTRO,EUROS,OPTER,OUTER,OUTRE,PERST,PERTS,PESTO,POETS,PORES,PORTS,POSER,POTES,POURS,POUTS,PREST,PROSE,PROST,PUERS,PURES,PURSE,REPOS,REPOT,RESTO,ROPES,ROSET,ROTES,ROUES,ROUPS,ROUSE,ROUST,ROUTE,ROUTS,SETUP,SPORE,SPORT,SPOUT,SPRUE,SPUER,SPURT,STOEP,STOPE,STORE,STOUP,STOUR,STREP,STROP,STUPE,STURE,SUPER,SUTOR,TOPER,TOPES,TORES,TORSE,TORUS,TOURS,TOUSE,TROPE,TRUES,TURPS,UPSET,UPTER,

4-letter words (81 found)

EPOS,EROS,ERST,EURO,OPES,OPTS,OPUS,ORES,ORTS,OUPS,OURS,OUST,OUTS,PERT,PESO,PEST,PETS,POET,PORE,PORT,POSE,POST,POTE,POTS,POUR,POUT,PROS,PUER,PURE,PURS,PUTS,REOS,REPO,REPS,REST,RETS,ROES,ROPE,ROSE,ROST,ROTE,ROTS,ROUE,ROUP,ROUT,RUES,RUSE,RUST,RUTS,SEPT,SORE,SORT,SOUP,SOUR,SOUT,SPET,SPOT,SPUE,SPUR,STEP,STOP,SUER,SUET,SUPE,SURE,TOES,TOPE,TOPS,TORE,TORS,TOSE,TOUR,TRES,TROP,TROU,TRUE,TUPS,URES,URPS,USER,UTES,

3-letter words (53 found)

ERS,EST,OES,OPE,OPS,OPT,ORE,ORS,ORT,OSE,OUP,OUR,OUS,OUT,PER,PES,PET,POS,POT,PRE,PRO,PST,PUR,PUS,PUT,REO,REP,RES,RET,ROE,ROT,RUE,RUT,SER,SET,SOP,SOT,SOU,SUE,SUP,SUR,TES,TOE,TOP,TOR,TUP,UPO,UPS,URE,URP,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (19 found)

ER,ES,ET,OE,OP,OR,OS,OU,PE,PO,RE,SO,ST,TE,TO,UP,UR,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 255 words from posture according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of posture

posture

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra (“position, situation”). Doublet of positura.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒstʃə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑst͡ʃɚ/

Noun

posture (countable and uncountable, plural postures)

  1. The way a person holds and positions their body.
  2. A situation or condition.
  3. One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person.
    • 1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
      ...that is, their Forts, Garrisons, and Guns upon the Frontiers of their Kingdomes; and continuall Spyes upon their neighbours; which is a posture of War.
    • 1912, G.K. Chesterton, A Miscellany of Men
      But it is not true, no sane person can call it true, that man as a whole in his general attitude towards the world, in his posture towards death or green fields, towards the weather or the baby, will be wise to cultivate dissatisfaction.
  4. (rare) The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation.
    • 1661, Thomas Salusbury (translator), Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World
      The Moon beheld in any posture, in respect of the Sun and us, sheweth us its superficies ... always equally clear.

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Verb

posture (third-person singular simple present postures, present participle posturing, simple past and past participle postured)

  1. (intransitive) to put one's body into a posture or series of postures, especially hoping that one will be noticed and admired
  2. (intransitive) to pretend to have an opinion or a conviction
  3. (transitive) To place in a particular position or attitude; to pose.

Translations

Anagrams

  • -pterous, Proteus, Puertos, Stroupe, Troupes, petrous, pourest, pouters, proteus, septuor, spouter, store up, troupes

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔs.tyʁ/

Noun

posture f (plural postures)

  1. posture, attitude
  2. conduct, comportment

Descendants

  • → Romanian: postură
  • → Turkish: postür

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

posture f

  1. plural of postura

Anagrams

  • perusto, sputerò, stupore

Source: wiktionary.org