SKANKY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SKANKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SKANKY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SKANKY is to know. It scores 17 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SKANKY
No single letter turns SKANKY into another word.
How SKANKY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SKANKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 2 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. SKANKY needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about SKANKY
- SKANKY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SKANKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
slang
Dirty, unpleasant and disgusting.
Something skanky looks or smells bad enough to make you pull a face, like a mouldy sink or an unwashed cup. It can also be said of a person judged to be unclean or cheap.
How SKANKY is used
Skanky is blunt, informal slang that can sound insulting when applied to people.
- The fridge was full of skanky leftovers.
- We stayed in a skanky motel by the road.
- That skanky towel needs a wash.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SKANKY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SKANKY
Common questions about SKANKY
- Is SKANKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SKANKY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SKANKY worth?
- SKANKY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SKANKY mean?
- Dirty, unpleasant and disgusting.
- What letters can be added to SKANKY?
- No single letter can be added to SKANKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SKANKY:
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