Definition of porous

"porous" in the adjective sense

1. porous

able to absorb fluids

"the partly porous walls of our digestive system"

"compacting the soil to make it less porous"

2. porous, poriferous

full of pores or vessels or holes

3. holey, porous

allowing passage in and out

"our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous"

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porous in Scrabble®

The word porous is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters porous:

POROUS
(33)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word porous

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In porous

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porous in Words With Friends™

The word porous is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters porous:

POROUS
(60)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word porous

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In porous

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Words within the letters of porous

2 letter words in porous (5 words)

3 letter words in porous (6 words)

4 letter words in porous (8 words)

5 letter words in porous (3 words)

6 letter words in porous (1 word)

porous + 1 blank (3 words)

Word Growth involving porous

Shorter words in porous

or

us

Longer words containing porous

aposporous

arthrosporous

carposporous

conidiosporous

endosporous endosporously

exosporous

gymnosporous

macroporous nonmacroporous

microporous

microsporous

nanoporous

nonporous

polyporous

porously endosporously

porously vaporously nonvaporously

porousness vaporousness nonvaporousness

soporous mesoporous

stuporous

stylosporous

tetrasporous

vaporous nonvaporous nonvaporously

vaporous nonvaporous nonvaporousness

vaporous vaporously nonvaporously

vaporous vaporousness nonvaporousness

zoosporous