5 Letter Words Starting With PO

141 words (88 Scrabble US, 140 Scrabble UK, 88 WGPO, 78 Words With Friends, 23 everyday ★)

141 five-letter words start with PO. Common words first, then every word from A to Z.

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Common 5-letter words that start with PO

With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.

  • power★10possession of controlling influence
  • point★7a geometric element that has position but no extension
  • poker★11one that pokes
  • polls★7an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
  • ports★7a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
  • pound★816 ounces avoirdupois
  • poems★9a composition in verse
  • polar★7having a pair of equal and opposite charges
  • pools★7an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
  • posts★7the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
  • poets★7one who writes poems
  • poles★7a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
  • pouch★12a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things
  • posed★8to assume a fixed position
  • porch★12a covered structure at the entrance to a building
  • poses★7to assume a fixed position

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POA…

5-letter words starting with POA (3)

Top score: POACH, 12 points. to trespass for the purpose of taking game or fish

POB…

5-letter words starting with POB (1)

Top score: POBOY, 12 points. a large sandwich on a long split roll

POC…

5-letter words starting with POC (2)

Top score: POCKY, 16 points. covered with pocks

POD…

5-letter words starting with POD (6)

Top score: PODEX, 15 points

POE…

5-letter words starting with POE (4)

Top score: POESY, 10 points. literary work in metrical form

POG…

5-letter words starting with POG (3)

Top score: POGEY, 11 points. any form of government relief

POH…

5-letter words starting with POH (1)

Top score: POHED, 11 points

POI…

5-letter words starting with POI (4)

Top score: POIND, 8 points. to seize and sell the property of to satisfy a debt

POK…

5-letter words starting with POK (6)

Top score: POKEY, 14 points. moving with little speed

POL…

5-letter words starting with POL (16)

Top score: POLJE, 14 points

POM…

5-letter words starting with POM (5)

Top score: POMMY, 14 points. a British person

PON…

5-letter words starting with PON (12)

Top score: PONZU, 16 points. a tangy sauce used chiefly on seafood

POO…

5-letter words starting with POO (15)

Top score: POOJA, 14 points. a Hindu prayer ritual

POP…

5-letter words starting with POP (4)

Top score: POPPY, 14 points. a flowering plant

POR…

5-letter words starting with POR (14)

Top score: PORKY, 14 points. resembling pork

POS…

5-letter words starting with POS (8)

Top score: POSEY, 10 points (tied with one other)

POT…

5-letter words starting with POT (10)

Top score: POTCH, 12 points

POU…

5-letter words starting with POU (14)

Top score: POUFF, 13 points. a loose roll of hair

POW…

5-letter words starting with POW (7)

Top score: POWNY, 13 points

POX…

5-letter words starting with POX (2)

Top score: POXED, 15 points. to infect with a disease marked by skin eruptions

POY…

5-letter words starting with POY (3)

Top score: POYNT, 10 points (tied with two others)

POZ…

5-letter words starting with POZ (1)

Top score: POZZY, 28 points

About these words

  • 141 of the 12,982 5-letter words start with PO (1%).
  • 88 are good in NWL2023, 140 in Collins Scrabble Words, 88 in WOW24 and 78 in the Words With Friends list. 23 are everyday words.
  • In Scrabble points, pozzy scores the most (28), then pocky and ponzu (16 each), then podex and poxed (15 each).

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