pool: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with P · ends with L
Meaning of pool
noun
A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
Example: the pools of Solomon
Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
- broadly
A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
- broadly
Any group of like things.
Listed forms: pools, poole.
Source: Wiktionary — pool.
verb
- intransitive
To form a pool.
Listed forms: pools, pooling, pooled, poole.
Source: Wiktionary — pool.
noun
A supply of resources.
A supply of resources. A number of people when considered as a resource.
Example: dating pool
- uncountable
A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game.
A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour or solids, 7 of another color or stripes, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.
Listed forms: pools, poole.
Source: Wiktionary — pool.
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 pool.
noun
a small lake
noun
an association of companies for some definite purpose
noun
a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
noun
the combined stakes of the betters
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is pool in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of pool
P(3) + O(1) + O(1) + L(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 pool
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from pool
7 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in pool. Showing up to 24, longest first.