What POKIES Means
POKIES is a form of POKY, which means:
- adjective: wasting time
- adjective: small and remote and insignificant“a jerkwater college”
- noun: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
POKIES 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 I1 E1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In POKIES
79 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.
5 letter words (8)
4 letter words (30)
EIKSEPOSKEPIKEPSKIPEKIPSKOISKOPSOIKSOKESOPESPESOPIESPIKEPISEPISOPOISPOKEPOSESEIKSIKESIPESKEOSKEPSKIOSKIPSOKESPEKSPIESPIK
3 letter words (27)
2 letter words (14)
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