POKIE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. POKIE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept POKIE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POKIE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POKIE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POKIE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in POKIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about POKIE
- The letters of POKIE run in reverse alphabetical order.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does POKIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australianinformal
A slot machine, especially one found in an Australian pub or club.
Pokie is Australian and New Zealand informal shorthand for a poker machine, the electronic gambling machine found in pubs, clubs and casinos. The clipped form dropped the middle of the longer name and added the informal -ie ending common in Australian slang. A room full of them is often called a pokie lounge.
How POKIE is used
Informal; chiefly Australian and New Zealand, plural pokies.
- He lost twenty dollars on the pokies after work.
- The pub added a pokie in the corner near the bar.
- A pokie lounge can hold dozens of machines.
- She avoided the pokie room entirely.
- Playing the pokie became a Friday habit for some regulars.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POKIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POKIE
3 longer words begin with POKIE.
Words with POKIE inside
1 words contain POKIE in the middle. Words that start with POKIE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POKIE
Common questions about POKIE
- Is POKIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POKIE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POKIE worth?
- POKIE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POKIE mean?
- A slot machine, especially one found in an Australian pub or club.
- What letters can be added to POKIE?
- POKIE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of POKIE:
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