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Yes. The word poke is a Scrabble US word. The word poke is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (1 found)

POKE,

3-letter words (4 found)

KEP,KOP,OKE,OPE,

2-letter words (6 found)

KO,OE,OK,OP,PE,PO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from poke according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of poke

poke opke pkoe kpoe okpe kope poek opek peok epok oepk eopk pkeo kpeo peko epko kepo ekpo okep koep oekp eokp keop ekop

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word poke. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in poke.

Definitions and meaning of poke

poke

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: pōk, IPA(key): /pəʊk/
  • (US) enPR: pōk, IPA(key): /poʊk/
  • Rhymes: -əʊk

Etymology 1

From Middle English poken, perhaps from Middle Dutch poken or Middle Low German poken, both from Proto-West Germanic *pukōn or similar, which is itself of uncertain origin, but may be from an imitative Proto-Germanic root *puk-. Doublet of poach.

Verb

poke (third-person singular simple present pokes, present participle poking, simple past and past participle poked)

  1. To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick. [from later 14th c.]
  2. To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.
  3. (figuratively) To rummage; to feel or grope around. [from early 19th c.]
    Synonyms: fumble, glaum, root; see also Thesaurus:feel around
  4. (transitive, computing, dated) To modify the value stored in (a memory address).
    Coordinate term: peek
  5. (transitive) To put a poke (device to prevent leaping or breaking fences) on (an animal).
  6. (transitive) To thrust at with the horns; to gore.
  7. (transitive, informal, social media) To notify (another user) of activity on social media or an instant messenger.
  8. (transitive) To thrust (something) in a particular direction such as the tongue.
  9. (transitive, slang, vulgar) To penetrate in sexual intercourse.
    Synonyms: drill, nail, pound; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
    • 1996 November 25, Washington Times quoted in The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs[2]:
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

poke (plural pokes)

  1. A prod, jab, or thrust.
  2. (US, slang) A lazy person; a dawdler.
  3. (US, slang) A stupid or uninteresting person.
  4. An old, worn-out horse.
  5. (US) A device to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences, consisting of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
  6. (computing, dated) The storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a program or to cheat at a video game.
  7. (informal, social media) A notification sent to get another user's attention on social media or an instant messenger.
  8. A poke bonnet.
  9. (baseball, slang) A hit, especially an extra base hit.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English poke, from Anglo-Norman poke (whence pocket), from Frankish *poka. More at pocket. Doublet of pouch.

Noun

poke (plural pokes)

  1. (Appalachia) A sack or bag. [from early 13th c.]
    • 1605, William Camden, Remaines Concerning Brittaine, 1629 edition, Proverbes, page 276:
      When the Pig is proffered, hold vp the poke.
    • 1627, Michael Drayton, Minor Poems of Michael Drayton, 1907 edition, poem Nimphidia:
      And suddainly vntyes the Poke,
      Which out of it sent such a smoke,
      As ready was them all to choke,
      So greeuous was the pother […]
    • 1814, September 4, The Examiner, volume 13, number 349, article French Fashions, page 573:
      … and as to shape, a nightmare has as much. Under the poke and the muff-box, the face sometimes entirely disappears …
  2. A long, wide sleeve.
    Synonym: poke sleeve
  3. (Scotland, Northern Ireland) An ice cream cone.
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

Clipping of pocan (“pokeweed”) or directly borrowed from Powhatan pocan. See pocan for more.

Noun

poke (uncountable)

  2. (dialectal) Pokeweed, and its berries.
Synonyms
  • see the list at pokeweed
Derived terms
  • poke salad
  • pokeweed
Translations

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Hawaiian poke (literally “to cut crosswise into pieces”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoʊkeɪ/, /ˈpoʊki/
  • Rhymes: -əʊkeɪ, -əʊki

Noun

poke (uncountable)

  2. (Hawaii) Slices or cubes of raw fish or other raw seafood, mixed with sesame oil, seaweed, sea salt, herbs, spices, or other flavorful ingredients.
Usage notes

Often typeset as poké to aid pronunciation as two syllables.

Alternative forms
  • poké
Derived terms
See also
  • ceviche
  • crudo

Anagrams

  • kepo

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoke/, [ˈpo̞k̟e̞]
  • Rhymes: -oke
  • Syllabification(key): po‧ke

Etymology 1

From portsari (“doorman”).

Noun

poke (slang)

  1. doorman, bouncer (at a bar or nightclub)
Declension

Etymology 2

From porno (“pornography”).

Noun

poke (slang)

  1. pornography
Declension

Hawaiian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpo.ke/

Noun

poke

  1. section, slice, piece, part, portion

Verb

poke

  1. to slice, to cut crosswise into pieces
  2. to press out (as the meat from a limpet shell)

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoke/

Adverb

poke

  1. slightly

Maori

Adjective

poke

  1. grimy

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • pok, poc, puke

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman poke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔːk(ə)/

Noun

poke (plural pokes)

  1. sack, pouch, bag
    • c. 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Miller's Prologue and Tale:

Descendants

  • English: poke
  • Yola: poake, pooke

References

  • “pōke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

  • poque, pouche, puche

Etymology

From Frankish *pokā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.kə/

Noun

poke oblique singular, f (oblique plural pokes, nominative singular poke, nominative plural pokes)

  1. sack
    E puis les poudrez bien de sel e les mettez ensemble en une poke de bon kanevaz

Derived terms

  • poket

Descendants

  • → Middle English: poc, poke, pooke
    • English: poke (regional)
    • Scots: pok, poke, polk, poik

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *pokowjä-, earlier *pākewjä-, from pre-Tocharian *bʰeh₂ǵʰow-h₁en- (definite), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (“arm”). Compare Tocharian B pokai.

Noun

poke

  1. arm

References

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “poko*”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 434

Uneapa

Etymology

From earlier *pʷuka-i, from Proto-Oceanic *pʷuka, variant of *puka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poke/

Verb

poke

  1. to fall

Further reading

  • Ross, Malcolm D. (2016) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 5, People: body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)

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