POKY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. POKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POKY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POKY is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POKY
No single letter turns POKY into another word.
How POKY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in POKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 122,538.
What does POKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Small and cramped; also, annoyingly slow.
Poky in Britain means cramped and in America means slow, which is a genuine transatlantic split rather than a shade of difference. Both grew out of senses of poke that have since disappeared.
How POKY is used
Before and after the noun. The sense differs by country.
- A poky flat with one window and a shared stair.
- The word poky means cramped in Britain and slow in America.
- A poky engine in American speech is a weak one.
- Two poky rooms knocked into one decent one.
- Both senses of poky come from senses of poke that are gone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in POKY
1 words end in POKY. Useful as a back hook: play POKY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in POKY
Common questions about POKY
- Is POKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POKY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POKY worth?
- POKY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POKY mean?
- Small and cramped; also, annoyingly slow.
- What letters can be added to POKY?
- No single letter can be added to POKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of POKY:
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