Word of the day · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

pogge

noun

A small, bony sea fish of North Atlantic coasts, also called the hooknose or armed bullhead, covered in hard plates instead of scales.

Where it comes from

Of unknown origin, recorded in English since the 1600s.

Worth knowing

The pogge lives on sandy and muddy seabeds and has small barbels under its chin that help it find food by touch.

By the letters

• 5letters
• 2vowels (A E I O U)
• noneuncommon letters
• 4different letters

Playing it

POGGE doubles the G before a final E. Double consonants late in a word are good to watch for when two of the same letter arrive close together.

One letter away

Words you get by changing a single letter, the steps of a word ladder.

• podge
• pogie
• porge

In Unsaid

POGGE was word of the day number 24 in Unsaid, a falling-letter word game where every player gets the same word on the same date. As a word it scores 500 points. Under the current rules, spelling it as the word of the day is worth a bonus of 9,000 reading down or 6,750 reading across, before any streak. How the bonus works.