pokey

pokey is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See Poky. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. See Poky.
2. 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)

   Synonyms: clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, poky, slammer

3. adjective. small and remote and insignificant

   "a jerkwater college"

   "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"

   Synonyms: jerkwater, poky

4. adjective. wasting time

   Synonyms: dilatory, laggard, poky

Synonyms

clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, poky, slammer, jerkwater, dilatory, laggard

Common word forms

pokeys

Words from these letters

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