Clues for the word "POOL"
We've had 275 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 475 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Sunday crossword on August 23, 2026.
Definition of pool
- n. - A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water; as, the pools of Solomon.
- n. - A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
- n. - The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
- n. - A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.
- n. - In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
- n. - Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
- n. - A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into the pool.
- n. - A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
- n. - An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
- v. t. - To put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic.
- v. i. - To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
Referring Clues
- Betting sum
- Combine
- "Dirty" game
- It may be reflecting
- Jackpot
- Sunbathing locale
- Game that starts with a break
- Summer hangout
- Bit of office fun
- Office wagering
- "Dirty" activity
- Parlor game
- People shoot it for fun
- Betting group
- Gene group
- Shooting game
- Lifeguard's watch
- Certain hotel amenity
- Banking is an important part of it
- Kitty
- Price-manipulating group
- Lap lover's place?
- Fast Eddie's game
- Summer Olympics event venue
- Action at the office
- Wading milieu
- Wading spot
- Readily available supply
- Place for a swim meet
- Game on felt
- It may be Olympic-sized
- Motel amenity
- You can make a big splash here
- Swim meet venue
- Swim meet site
- Table sport
- Game played in a hall (and a hint to this puzzle's theme in 17-, 28-, 48-, and 64-Across)
- Willie Mosconi's game
- Word with car or bumper
- Swim-up bar's locale
- Eightball is a form of it
- Where many learn to crawl
- Accumulate
- Billiards relative
- "The Hustler" game
- Swimming area
- Parlor game, and word that can follow the last word of the answers to asterisked clues
- Collect
- Place to swim at a motel
- Place to swim
- Tournament grouping
- Combine, as resources
- Man-made place to swim
- Swimming spot
- Steno's place
- "The Color of Money" game
- Place to swim at the Y
- Cooling-off place
- Game where players get a break
- YMCA feature
- "The Color of Money" theme
- Combine, as efforts
- Popular summer destination
- Shared funds
- Bunch of secretaries
- Game featured in "The Color of Money"
- Office kitty
- Place to make a splash
- Butterfly locale?
- "The Color of Money" game
- Backyard swimming spot
- Place to do laps
- Freestyle site
- Hotel's swimming spot
- It may be Olympic-size
- Game involving banks
- See 36-Across
- Total amount bet
- Lifeguard's beat
- Summer hangout, perhaps
- Summer cooler
- Game played on green baize, usually
- Feature of the Buckingham Palace grounds
- March Madness activity
- Place for an indoor swim
- Its winner beats the loser with a stick
- "The Color of Money" theme
- Bettor bunch
- Crawl space?
- Dive establishment?
- English may play a role in it
- Hustler's game
- Facility often closed in the winter
- Swimming venue
- Spot for laps
- Venue for Michael Phelps
- Swimmers' place
- Lifeguard's place
- Combine resources
- Swimmers' hangout
- Snooker, e.g.
- Motel plus
- Motel's swimming spot
- Combine, as assets
- *Office betting group
- Marco Polo milieu
- See 38-Across
- Snooker's cousin
- To use it, just add water
- People pick pockets in it
- Ladder, part 2
- Hotel amenity
- Swimmers' venue
- Rack-it game?
- Game with a cue stick
- Beach alternative
- Lagoon
- Minnesota Fats' forte
- Ball-hitting game
- Ball hitting game
- "No lifeguard on duty" site, perhaps
- Michael Phelps' bailiwick
- Common fund
- Common hotel amenity
- Place to learn to crawl
- Dirty ___
- Lap swimmer's need
- Swimming place
- Communal funds
- It involves pockets
- Coordinate, as efforts
- Game with cues
- Billiards
- Place to see crawls
- Summer play space
- Place to do the backstroke
- Game with sticks
- Cool place to hang out
- Shooting match?
- Billiards game
- Drive together
- Place to play Marco Polo
- Game for bankers?
- Summer Olympics venue
- See 66 Across
- Where to play Marco Polo
- Biology teacher on "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch"
- Game in which you rack 'em up
- It's Olympic-sized at my mansion
- Reporters' group
- Place for wet cannonballs
- Table game
- Pond
- Swim meet location
- "Dead ___"
- Kind of ball or hall
- See 15-Across
- Swimming ___
- It's played with a cue
- Minnesota Fat's game
- Small lake
- Feature of some gyms
- Puddle of water
- Stevie Ray Vaughan: "Dirty ___"
- Stevie Ray Vaughan plays it "Dirty"
- "Shame" Drowning ___
- Drowning ___
- Ball game - small body of water
- What you do with band money, for 1st demo
- Betting money VW finally goes west
- See 13
- Puddle
- Ball game - piece of water
- Game reserves
- People available for a game
- Kitty's game
- 17 - small stretch of water
- Game runner falls back
- Pocket billiards
- Lido - kitty - ball game
- See 42-Across
- Something to shoot for fun
- Summer hangout, for many
- Kitty - game
- Game of water polo?
- See 9
- 24 Kitty's 12
- 19 20's endless water
- BG made of water
- End of a slide, at times
- Bunch of bettors
- Day spa amenity
- Pub table game
- Game reserve
- Mere indoor sport
- * Peter who sang round - round and round the gallery
- What you do to money to make it
- Office betting
- Game played in "The Color of Money"
- Game of polo?
- Game that may involve bumpers
- Word that can follow "swimming" or "gene"
- Game that's a variation of polo
- Spot to beat the heat
- YMCA amenity
- Diving area
- Certain Summer Games setting
- Backyard party centerpiece
- Thing to swim in
- Place for a nice swim
- Wading site
- Health club amenity
- Swimming hole
- Small area of still water
- Water polo maybe
- Water polo spot
- It offers a cue
- Motel's place to swim
- Hotel's place to swim
- Sight in front of the Lincoln Memorial
- Game with cues and balls
- Water polo site
- Place to play with noodles
- Swimming site
- Butterfly locale?
- Spot for cannonballs
- Water polo, possibly, or other game
- Shooting match, of a sort
- Butterfly environment?
- Billiards type
- Gene ___
- Game suggested by the ends of 20-, 38- and 55-Across and 11- and 34-Down
- Group to select from
- Where you might see a noodle or a float
- Compile
- Summer refresher
- Pub game
- Where Marco Polo is played
- Game with cue sticks
- Place for a Katie Ledecky meet
- Place with a diving board
- Place for a cool dip
- Water yoga site
- ___ shark
- People to pick from
- Game with 15 numbered balls
- Site for water yoga
- Place for aqua cycling
- Marco Polo play area
- ___ noodle
- Place for water workouts
- Collect all together
- ___ party
- Little lottery
- Landing spot for a cannonball
- Diving board's place
- Dive into it
- Cue ball's game
- Place for a swim
- Word with dirty or car
- Place to play with diving rings
- Place for an inflatable beer pong table
- Game also called billiards
- Billiards' kin
- Small pond
- Place to go swimming
- Place to go aquajogging
- Game with solid and striped balls
- Place to use a floating pingpong table
- Game with cues and a rack
- Word after swimming or dating
- Summer hangout locale
- Steno group
- Join together
- Backyard oasis
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Sunday - August 23, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - August 19, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - August 14, 2026
- New York Times - August 09, 2026
- Mirror Daily - July 24, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - June 29, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 13, 2026
- LA Times - June 12, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 09, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 22, 2026
- Daily American - February 14, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 13, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 24, 2026
- Daily American - November 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 12, 2025
- New York Times - July 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 29, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 03, 2025
- Daily American - June 23, 2025
- LA Times - June 19, 2025
- New York Times - June 10, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 28, 2025
- Daily American - April 27, 2025
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