WOKER^® is word poker — the new, fun WORD game based on three popular poker games – Draw, Stud, and Texas Hold ‘em.  Do You WOKER?

WOKER puts the WOW into word games!

Don’t Know Poker –
No problem!
WOKER is all about spelling and scoring.

You can play two ways:

1. Tally the points of the words made with letters in your hand.  The  player with the most points after 10 hands wins!   OR WOKER fans have suggested that the first player to get to 150 points wins.  You choose.

OR

2. Bet loosely based on the rules of Draw, Stud or Texas Hold ‘Em and test your best ‘poker face’! The player with the most chips after 10 hands wins!

WOKER Game Rules:

WOKER^® is Poker using letters!  The goal is to make the highest scoring words with your cards based on the points associated with each letter.  A WOKER deck consists of 120 cards.  WOKER is appropriate for ages 8*+ and can be played most effectively with 2 – 6 players.   It can also be played with teams of two.  

* WOKER Jr. is for children 5 – 11, see information below and specific rules on The WOKER Games page.

It's the Wild WOKER - aka the WOKER JOKER!

The dealer changes after each hand.  Cards are dealt clockwise from the dealer. Words must be in the dictionary.  Players choose if they want abbreviations and proper names to be allowed.  Players have 60 seconds to make as many words with the cards in their hands.

The WOKER Joker – also known as the Wild WOKER — is a wild card.   It can represent any letter and is worth 4 points.  There are 4 WOKER Jokers in the deck.

WOKER Wednesday Words of the Week add extra excitement to the game.  Every week 5 new words are posted on the website or sent to facebook fans and tweeted on twitter.   Spell these words during the week and their point value is doubled.  Become a WOKER facebook fan!

WOKER versions include WOKER Draw, WOKER Stud, and WOKER Hold’em.  Play is based on the poker versions of those games, though slightly modified to accommodate the spelling of words.   We recommend playing WOKER Draw first.

How To Play:

Basic Version:

Players make words out of the letters in their hand.   Points are calculated based on the letters in the words that are made.   Points of unused letters are subtracted from the point total of the hand.  After each hand, the point total for each player is recorded on a tally sheet.  After 10 hands, the winner is the player with the highest total points.

1. Spell WOKER and its points are double — the 11 points face value is now 22 points!

Updated Rules based on the FAN Forum!  THANK YOU WOKER FANS!

1. Use all the cards in your hand  — add 2 points
2. Make words of 6 letters — add 2 points
3. Make words of 7 letters — add 3 points
4. Make words of 8 letters — add 4 points
5. Make words of 9 letters — add 5 points
6. You choose!  Winner can be the first person to get 150 points.

Betting Version:

Specifics are noted in rules for each game version.   Winner takes the pot of chips that has been bet. At the end of 10 hands, the player with the most chips wins.

Spell WOKER and your hand wins the hand!  WOKER trumps all other words!

WOKER Jr. – Draw

And Educational Game for PLAYERS aged 5 – 11

Playing WOKER Jr. with younger children is an engaging way to help them to learn to spell and count.  It’s a fun learning game that been slightly simplified in order to create an experience that is more appropriate and pleasurable for children.   These include reducing the number of cards and eliminating the deduction of points for unused letters.

Extra Tally Sheets and Rules

Need Extra Tally Sheets?  Download them here.

WOKER Rules, including WOKER Jr.:  Download WOKER & WOKER Jr. rules, including some additional based on WOKER Fans suggestions.