Definition of POSER

poser

Plural: posers

Noun

  • A difficult or perplexing question or problem.
  • a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
  • a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
  • a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
  • A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
  • Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.
  • Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.
  • A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.

Examples

  • Even as a child, she was a habitual poser of difficult questions.
  • Finding a word that fit was a real poser, stumping the Words With Friends champion.

Origin / Etymology

From pose + -er.

Scrabble Score: 7

poser: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
poser: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
poser: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

poser: valid Words With Friends Word