What POISE Means
- verb: be motionless, in suspension“The bird poised for a few moments before it attacked”
- verb: prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult
- noun: a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second
- noun: a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
POISE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 O1 I1 S1 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In POISE
38 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (10)
3 letter words (16)
2 letter words (12)
Longer Words Containing POISE
POISE appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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