Poles
/pəʊlz/
noun
- Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
- 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.
- (spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
- A unit of length, equal to a rod (1/4 chain or 5 1/2 yards).
verb
- To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
"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.
"He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity."
- To furnish with poles for support.
"to pole beans or hops"
- To convey on poles.
"to pole hay into a barn"
- To stir, as molten glass, with a 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).
- A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
- A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
- For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z) \rightarrow \infty as z \rightarrow a.
"The function f(z) = \frac{1}{z-3} has a single pole at z = 3"
Total: 7 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
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About the Word "Poles"
Poles is a 5-letter word that scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "poles" can be rearranged to form 2 other valid words.
Using "Poles" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "poles" is a low-scoring word.