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POKED

5 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What POKED Means

POKED is a form of POKE, which means:

  1. 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
  2. noun: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
  3. verb: poke or thrust abruptly“he jabbed his finger into her ribs”
  4. 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

POKED is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 O1 K5 E1 D2.

Words Made From The Letters In POKED

23 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.

4 letter words (4)

3 letter words (10)

2 letter words (9)

Longer Words Containing POKED

POKED appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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