SKEW is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SKEW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SKEW?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SKEW is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SKEW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SKEW scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SKEW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does SKEW mean in Scrabble?
verb
To twist or turn out of alignment.
Skew came from an Old French word about escaping and reached English through the idea of moving sideways. The statistical sense about a distribution is nineteenth-century and now the commoner one in writing.
How SKEW is used
Skewed, skewing. Also an adjective.
- One bad month skewed the whole year.
- The word skew came from an idea about moving sideways.
- A skew distribution has a longer tail on one side.
- They skewed the sample by asking in one place only.
- The statistical use of skew is Victorian.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SKEW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SKEW
The 4 tiles of SKEW in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SKEW
16 longer words begin with SKEW.
Words ending in SKEW
2 words end in SKEW. Useful as a back hook: play SKEW onto a word already on the board.
Words with SKEW inside
5 words contain SKEW in the middle. Words that start with SKEW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SKEW
Common questions about SKEW
- Is SKEW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SKEW, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SKEW worth?
- SKEW is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SKEW mean?
- To twist or turn out of alignment.
- What letters can be added to SKEW?
- SKEW takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SKEW:
Open SKEW in the Word Finder