ESKY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. ESKY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept ESKY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ESKY is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ESKY
Front hooks — 1
peskyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ESKY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ESKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What stands out about ESKY
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ESKY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australian
An insulated box for keeping food and drink cold.
Esky is Australian and began as a trademark before becoming the ordinary word. Australians use it for any cool box whoever made it, which is what happens to a brand name that works too well.
How ESKY is used
Countable: an esky, two eskies. Australian.
- An esky of ice and four bottles is a whole afternoon.
- The word esky began as a trademark.
- Any cool box in Australia is an esky.
- A brand name became the ordinary word, and esky is the result.
- The esky goes in the boot and everything else round it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ESKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ESKY
The 4 tiles of ESKY in a different order — 4 found.
Words ending in ESKY
2 words end in ESKY. Useful as a back hook: play ESKY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in ESKY
Common questions about ESKY
- Is ESKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESKY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ESKY worth?
- ESKY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ESKY mean?
- An insulated box for keeping food and drink cold.
- What letters can be added to ESKY?
- ESKY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ESKY:
Open ESKY in the Word Finder