POKINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. POKINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POKINESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POKINESS is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POKINESS
No single letter turns POKINESS into another word.
How POKINESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in POKINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POKINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POKINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
The quality of being annoyingly slow.
Pokiness is the slowness of a queue, a computer or a driver who holds everyone up. The word can also describe a room that is cramped and small, since poky has both senses.
How POKINESS is used
Pokiness is informal and used mainly in complaints.
- The pokiness of the lift drove us to take the stairs.
- Nobody could stand the pokiness of the old modem.
- He apologised for the pokiness of the service.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POKINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POKINESS
1 longer words begin with POKINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in POKINESS
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Common questions about POKINESS
- Is POKINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POKINESS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POKINESS worth?
- POKINESS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POKINESS mean?
- The quality of being annoyingly slow.
- What letters can be added to POKINESS?
- No single letter can be added to POKINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of POKINESS:
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