poky

poky is a 4-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Confined; cramped. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Confined; cramped.
2. adjective. Dull; tedious; uninteresting.
3. 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, pokey, slammer

4. adjective. small and remote and insignificant

   "a jerkwater college"

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

   Synonyms: jerkwater, pokey

5. adjective. wasting time

   Synonyms: dilatory, laggard, pokey

Synonyms

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

Common word forms

pokier, pokies, pokily, pokiest

Words from these letters

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