What POKE Means
- noun: tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
- noun: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- verb: poke or thrust abruptly“he jabbed his finger into her ribs”
- verb: search or inquire in a meddlesome way“This guy is always nosing around the office”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
POKE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 O1 K5 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In POKE
9 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
3 letter words (4)
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing POKE
POKE appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
BESPOKEBESPOKENCOWPOKECOWPOKESFORESPOKEFORESPOKENFORSPOKEFORSPOKENHOKEYPOKEYMISSPOKEMISSPOKENMOPOKEMOPOKESOUTSPOKEOUTSPOKENPOKEBERRYPOKEDPOKEFULPOKEFULSPOKELOGANPOKELOGANSPOKERPOKERISHPOKERISHLYPOKEROOTPOKEROOTSPOKERSPOKERWORKPOKERWORKSPOKESPOKEWEEDPOKEWEEDSPOKEYPOKEYSRESPOKERESPOKENSLOWPOKESLOWPOKESSPOKESPOKED
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