OUTSKIRTS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. OUTSKIRTS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUTSKIRTS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUTSKIRTS is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUTSKIRTS
No single letter turns OUTSKIRTS into another word.
How OUTSKIRTS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in OUTSKIRTS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OUTSKIRTS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OUTSKIRTS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The districts lying on the edge of a town or city, away from the centre.
Outskirts suggests a zone where buildings thin out into open land, with cheaper housing and quieter streets. The plural form is almost always used.
How OUTSKIRTS is used
Outskirts is common in everyday speech and writing about cities and towns.
- They bought a small house on the outskirts of the city.
- The outskirts were once farmland.
- A new ring road runs past the outskirts of town.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTSKIRTS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTSKIRTS
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Common questions about OUTSKIRTS
- Is OUTSKIRTS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTSKIRTS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTSKIRTS worth?
- OUTSKIRTS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTSKIRTS mean?
- The districts lying on the edge of a town or city, away from the centre.
- What letters can be added to OUTSKIRTS?
- No single letter can be added to OUTSKIRTS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of OUTSKIRTS:
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