POUKE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. POUKE 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 not accept it either.
Which word lists accept POUKE?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POUKE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POUKE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
poukesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POUKE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in POUKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does POUKE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An archaic name for a mischievous spirit or goblin.
Pouke is an older spelling of the word that later gave English the name Puck, the mischievous spirit familiar from Shakespeare. In medieval writing a pouke could also mean something closer to a devil, a darker sense than the playful sprite it later became. Modern English keeps only the Puck spelling in ordinary use, so pouke now belongs mainly to the study of older texts.
How POUKE is used
Archaic; met chiefly in Middle English and early modern texts.
- The poem names a pouke among the night's mischief-makers.
- A pouke in the older sense was closer to a devil than a sprite.
- Scholars trace the modern Puck back to the word pouke.
- The pouke crept through the churchyard in the old tale.
- Later writers softened the pouke into a harmless prankster.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POUKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POUKE
1 longer words begin with POUKE.
Shorter words from the letters in POUKE
Common questions about POUKE
- Is POUKE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and POUKE is not in it.
- How many points is POUKE worth?
- POUKE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POUKE mean?
- An archaic name for a mischievous spirit or goblin.
- What letters can be added to POUKE?
- POUKE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of POUKE:
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