pole: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with P · ends with E
Meaning of pole
noun
Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
A type of basic fishing rod.
A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
Listed forms: poles.
Source: Wiktionary — pole.
verb
To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
Example: Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work.
To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
Example: He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity.
- transitive
To furnish with poles for support.
Example: to pole beans or hops
- transitive
To convey on poles.
Example: to pole hay into a barn
Listed forms: poles, poling, poled.
Source: Wiktionary — pole.
noun
Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
- broadly, figuratively
Any of a small set of extremes; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available.
Example: In discussing alternatives to the polar extremes, Professor Nguyen mentioned two poles of a filthy floor versus a sterile surgical site.
A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
Listed forms: poles.
Source: Wiktionary — pole.
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 pole.
noun
a linear measure of 16.5 feet
noun
a square rod of land
noun
one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
- celestial pole
noun
a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is pole in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
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Letter-value score of pole
P(3) + O(1) + L(1) + E(1) = 6 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 pole
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from pole
8 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in pole. Showing up to 24, longest first.