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Yes, poke is playable

...and is worth 11 points.

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"Poke" Definition

noun

A large bonnet having a projecting brim.
A projecting brim at the front of a bonnet.
A push, thrust, or jab.
Chiefly Southern U.S. A sack; a bag.
One who moves slowly or aimlessly; a dawdler.

idiom

Poke fun at To ridicule in a mischievous manner; tease.

verb-transitive

Slang To strike; punch.
To make (a hole or pathway, for example) by or as if by prodding, elbowing, or jabbing: I poked my way to the front of the crowd.
To push or jab at, as with a finger or an arm; prod.
To push; thrust: A seal poked its head out of the water.
To stir (a fire) by prodding the wood or coal with a poker or stick.

verb-intransitive

To make thrusts or jabs, as with a stick or poker.
To proceed in a slow or lazy manner; putter: just poked along all morning.
To search or look curiously in a desultory manner: poked about in the desk.

verb

To urge or stir by prodding or jabbing.
To cause to prod.
To produce by or as if by piercing, stabbing, or jabbing.
To deliver (a blow) with the fist.
To hit (a blooper) in baseball.

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