poor: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with P · ends with R
Meaning of poor
adj
With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
Example: We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes.
Of low quality.
Example: That was a poor performance.
- attributive
Worthy of pity.
Example: Oh, you poor thing, you're drenched!
Deficient in a specified way.
Example: Cow's milk is poor in iron.
Listed forms: poorer, poorest.
Source: Wiktionary — poor.
noun
- plural, plural-only
The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.
Example: The sun shines on the rich and the poor alike but, come the rain, the rich have better umbrellas.
- plural, plural-only
the second-to-last placer in Tycoon
Source: Wiktionary — poor.
noun
- countable
A poor person.
Example: The poors are at it again.
- obsolete
Synonym of poor cod.
Listed forms: poors.
Source: Wiktionary — poor.
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 poor.
adjective
deserving or inciting pity
adjective
of insufficient quantity to meet a need
noun
people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
- poor people
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is poor in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of poor
P(3) + O(1) + O(1) + R(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 poor
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 poor
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