Is “Pole” a Scrabble word?

1. 1.Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.

2. 2.A type of basic fishing rod.

3. 3.A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.

Synonyms: rod

1. 1.To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.

   “Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work.”

2. 2.To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.

   “He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity.”

3. 3.To furnish with poles for support.

   “to pole beans or hops”