SKEEF is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. SKEEF 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 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SKEEF?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SKEEF is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SKEEF
No single letter turns SKEEF into another word.
How SKEEF scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SKEEF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 142,590.
What does SKEEF mean in Scrabble?
adjective
South Africanslang
Askew or set at an odd, crooked angle, in South African slang.
Skeef describes something sitting crooked or tilted rather than straight, and South African speakers stretch the same word to a person or a situation that seems slightly wrong or off-kilter. It comes from Afrikaans skef, itself descended from Dutch scheef, meaning crooked. Skeef turns up constantly in casual South African speech, well outside any formal register.
How SKEEF is used
South African informal usage; heard far more in speech than seen in writing.
- The picture frame hung skeef on the wall for weeks before anyone straightened it.
- He gave her a skeef look when she changed the story halfway through.
- Something about the whole deal felt skeef from the start.
- The shelf was nailed in skeef, so nothing sat level on it.
- Her cap sat skeef on her head after the wind caught it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SKEEF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SKEEF
The 5 tiles of SKEEF in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SKEEF
Common questions about SKEEF
- Is SKEEF valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SKEEF is not in it.
- How many points is SKEEF worth?
- SKEEF is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SKEEF mean?
- Askew or set at an odd, crooked angle, in South African slang.
- What letters can be added to SKEEF?
- No single letter can be added to SKEEF to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SKEEF:
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