pound
Pound can refer to a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy, the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence, or the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters. As a verb, pound can mean to hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument, strike or drive against with a heavy impact, or partition off into compartments.
Length
5
Scrabble
8
WWF
11
Starts
PO
Ends
UND
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “POUND” Mean?
pound has 21 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
13 sensesthe basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
Synonyms
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
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formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
Synonyms
the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
“unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound”
Verb
8 sensesstrike or drive against with a heavy impact
“ram the gate with a sledgehammer”
“pound on the door”
Synonyms
move heavily or clumsily
“The heavy man lumbered across the room”
“The children pound to the playground”
Synonyms
partition off into compartments
“The locks pound the water of the canal”
shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
“The prisoners are safely pounded”
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break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
“pound the roots with a heavy flat stone”
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
16 ounces avoirdupois
Length
5 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
D
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
P, O, U, N, D
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆POUND has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆POUND is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆POUND can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CVVCC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
PO, OU, UN, ND
Trigrams
POU, OUN, UND
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