pocked means pockmarked. It carries an Arena rating of 1215, earned across 5 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, pocked ranks #814 of 17,127 for Most Vivid Words, #1,085 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words, #4,353 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #5,835 of 17,131 for Scariest Words.
Why “pocked” is a great word
Marked with pustules or pits, as if from disease. From the noun 'pock' (a pustule or pit, especially from smallpox) + the adjectival suffix '-ed'. Unlike 'pitted,' which neutrally describes any indented surface, or 'scarred,' which speaks of larger, narrative wounds, 'pocked' implies a landscape of sickness, a surface ravaged from within. It is the cratered face of the moon seen as a celestial affliction, the corroded tin of an abandoned roof, the ruinous complexion of a forgotten statue—the quiet, tactile evidence of erosion not by grand catastrophe, but by a creeping, intimate decay that leaves behind a topography of tiny, enduring stories.
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