pocket: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 14 letter points · starts with P · ends with T
Meaning of pocket
noun
A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
- broadly
A person's financial resources.
Example: I paid for it out of my own pocket.
An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
Example: The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas.
Listed forms: pockets.
Source: Wiktionary — pocket.
verb
- transitive
To put (something) into a pocket.
To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
- informal, transitive
To take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own).
Example: Record executives pocketed most of the young singer's earnings.
- dated, informal, transitive
To put up with; to bear without complaint.
Listed forms: pockets, pocketing, pocketting, pocketed, pocketted.
Source: Wiktionary — pocket.
adj
- not-comparable
Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.
Example: a pocket dictionary
- not-comparable
Smaller or more compact than usual.
Example: pocket battleship
- not-comparable
Belonging to the two initial hole cards.
Example: a pocket pair of kings
Source: Wiktionary — pocket.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for pocket.
noun
an enclosed space
noun
a hollow concave shape made by removing something
noun
a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
- air pocket
- air hole
noun
(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is pocket in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of pocket
P(3) + O(1) + C(3) + K(5) + E(1) + T(1) = 14 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of pocket
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from pocket
33 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in pocket. Showing up to 24, longest first.