SKANK is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SKANK 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 SKANK?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SKANK is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SKANK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SKANK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SKANK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 2 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. SKANK needs 1 blank tile.
What does SKANK mean in Scrabble?
verb
musicinformal
To dance to reggae or ska music with a loose, bouncy, bent-knee style.
To skank is to move to the offbeat rhythm of ska or reggae music, typically bending the knees and swinging the arms in a relaxed, bouncing motion. The dance grew up alongside these musical styles in Jamaica and later in British ska and reggae scenes, and it remains closely tied to that music at concerts and clubs. The noun form names both the dance itself and, informally, a reggae-influenced style of guitar or keyboard rhythm.
How SKANK is used
Used mainly in the context of ska and reggae music and dancing; a different, offensive slang sense of the word exists and is best avoided.
- The crowd began to skank as the band launched into the chorus.
- He taught his friends how to skank at the reggae festival.
- They wanted to skank all night to the offbeat rhythm.
- The guitarist added a skank rhythm typical of ska music.
- Everyone in the front row began to skank by the second song.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SKANK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SKANK
11 longer words begin with SKANK.
Shorter words from the letters in SKANK
Common questions about SKANK
- Is SKANK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SKANK, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SKANK worth?
- SKANK is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SKANK mean?
- To dance to reggae or ska music with a loose, bouncy, bent-knee style.
- What letters can be added to SKANK?
- SKANK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SKANK:
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