POKEY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. POKEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POKEY?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POKEY is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POKEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pokeysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POKEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in POKEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does POKEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth Americanslang
Prison or jail, especially in casual American speech.
Pokey is a slang term Americans use instead of saying prison or jail, often in a joking or offhand way. The word appears in everyday conversation, crime films and older comic writing rather than in legal documents. Someone described as being in the pokey is understood to be serving time or locked up.
How POKEY is used
Informal American slang, used casually rather than in legal or formal contexts.
- He joked that another speeding ticket would land him in the pokey.
- The old film showed the sheriff locking a thief in the pokey.
- She warned her brother that stealing would get him thrown in the pokey.
- Rumor had it the crooked mayor once spent a night in the pokey.
- The comedian's whole routine was about surviving a week in the pokey.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POKEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POKEY
1 longer words begin with POKEY.
Words ending in POKEY
1 words end in POKEY. Useful as a back hook: play POKEY onto a word already on the board.
Words with POKEY inside
1 words contain POKEY in the middle. Words that start with POKEY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POKEY
Common questions about POKEY
- Is POKEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POKEY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POKEY worth?
- POKEY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POKEY mean?
- Prison or jail, especially in casual American speech.
- What letters can be added to POKEY?
- POKEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of POKEY:
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