SKEE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SKEE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SKEE?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SKEE is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SKEE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SKEE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SKEE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,853.
What stands out about SKEE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 SKEE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An early English spelling of ski, referring to a long narrow runner used for gliding across snow.
The spelling skee appeared in nineteenth-century English texts before ski became the standard form. It described the same equipment used for traveling over snow-covered ground.
How SKEE is used
Now considered an old-fashioned spelling, largely replaced by the modern form.
- Old travel journals described visitors strapping on a skee before the climb.
- The museum displayed a wooden skee dated to the eighteen eighties.
- Early manuals explained how to balance on a single skee at a time.
- Historians noted that skee gradually gave way to the shorter spelling.
- A pair of skee stood propped against the cabin wall in the photograph.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SKEE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SKEE
The 4 tiles of SKEE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SKEE
Showing 24 of 26 words that begin with SKEE.
Words with SKEE inside
11 words contain SKEE in the middle. Words that start with SKEE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SKEE
Common questions about SKEE
- Is SKEE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SKEE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SKEE worth?
- SKEE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SKEE mean?
- An early English spelling of ski, referring to a long narrow runner used for gliding across snow.
- What letters can be added to SKEE?
- SKEE takes 6 hooks: 0 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SKEE:
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