Scrabble & Words with friends points
- poor is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
- poor is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
- poor is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7
Definition of poor
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need (adjective)
Examples
- a poor salary
- the jejune diets of the very poor
Synonyms
- inadequate
- jejune
- short
- people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group) (noun)
Examples
- the urban poor need assistance
Synonyms
- poor people
- deserving or inciting pity (adjective)
Examples
- Oh, you poor thing
- his poor distorted limbs
Synonyms
- hapless
- miserable
- misfortunate
- pathetic
- piteous
- pitiable
- pitiful
- wretched
- characterized by or indicating poverty (adjective)
Examples
- the country had a poor economy
- they lived in the poor section of town
- having little money or few possessions (adjective)
Examples
- deplored the gap between rich and poor countries
- the proverbial poor artist living in a garret
- lacking in quality or substances (adjective)
Examples
- a poor land
- the area was poor in timber and coal
- food poor in nutritive value
- the food in the cafeteria was of poor quality
See definition of poor in Merriam Webster