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4 LETTERS1 POINT[pɔl]

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Unique Letters

3

L O P

Two-Letter Start

PO

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Ending

LL

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  • 4 letters
  • 3 unique letters
  • PO start
  • LL ending
  • repeated letters

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  • It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include l, o, p plus any remaining hive letters.
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Pronunciation

[pɔl][pɔʊl][poʊl]

Definitions

  1. noun

    A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.

  2. noun

    A formal election.

    "The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria."

  3. noun

    A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)

    "The polls close at 8 p.m."

  4. noun

    (now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.

  5. noun

    (in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.

  6. noun

    The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.

  7. noun

    The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.

  8. verb

    To take, record the votes of (an electorate).

  9. verb

    To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).

  10. verb

    To vote at an election.

  11. verb

    To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.

    "He polled a hundred votes more than his opponent."

  12. verb

    To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.

    "to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass"

  13. verb

    To cut the hair of (a creature).

  14. verb

    To remove the horns of (an animal).

  15. verb

    To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.

    "to poll a tree"

  16. verb

    (communication) To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network).

    "The network hub polled the department's computers to determine which ones could still respond."

  17. verb

    (with adverb) To be judged in a poll.

  18. verb

    To extort from; to plunder; to strip.

  19. verb

    To impose a tax upon.

  20. verb

    To pay as one's personal tax.

  21. verb

    To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.

  22. verb

    To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation.

    "a polled deed"

  23. adjective

    (of kinds of livestock which typically have horns) Bred without horns, and thus hornless.

    "Poll Hereford"

  24. noun

    A pet parrot.

  25. noun

    (Cambridge University) One who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.

Related Words

Same Letters

  • lollop
  • loop
  • plop
  • polo
  • pool

Synonyms

  • election
  • survey
  • scalp

Daily Appearances

2026-07-07

Verified answer

1 pts

P + A B D L O R