POKE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. POKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POKE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POKE is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POKE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POKE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in POKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does POKE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To jab or prod with a finger.
A pig in a poke is a bag, from a separate word that also gives pocket and pouch. The Hawaiian dish spelled the same way is a third word and is pronounced with two syllables.
How POKE is used
Poked, pokes. Also a noun in two senses.
- He poked at it with a stick and made it worse.
- A pig in a poke means a bag and not a prod.
- The word poke gives English pocket and pouch.
- The Hawaiian dish spelled poke has two syllables.
- Two pokes in the ribs and a warning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POKE
20 longer words begin with POKE.
Words ending in POKE
13 words end in POKE. Useful as a back hook: play POKE onto a word already on the board.
Words with POKE inside
Showing 24 of 36 words that contain POKE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with POKE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POKE
Common questions about POKE
- Is POKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POKE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POKE worth?
- POKE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POKE mean?
- To jab or prod with a finger.
- What letters can be added to POKE?
- POKE takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of POKE:
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