SKEWNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SKEWNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SKEWNESS?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SKEWNESS is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SKEWNESS
Front hooks — 1
askewnessBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How SKEWNESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SKEWNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SKEWNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SKEWNESS
- SKEWNESS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SKEWNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The condition of being lopsided or twisted away from a symmetrical, straight or perpendicular position.
In statistics, skewness describes a distribution whose tail stretches further to one side than the other. Outside mathematics it is a general word for any obvious imbalance or slant.
How SKEWNESS is used
Mostly used in statistics and geometry, where skewness is a measurable property of data or lines.
- The skewness of the income data showed a long tail of very high earners.
- A skewness close to zero suggests the results are spread evenly around the average.
- Engineers measured the skewness of the beam before approving the repair.
- Her analysis pointed to a strong positive skewness in the survey answers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SKEWNESS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SKEWNESS
1 longer words begin with SKEWNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in SKEWNESS
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Common questions about SKEWNESS
- Is SKEWNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SKEWNESS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SKEWNESS worth?
- SKEWNESS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SKEWNESS mean?
- The condition of being lopsided or twisted away from a symmetrical, straight or perpendicular position.
- What letters can be added to SKEWNESS?
- SKEWNESS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SKEWNESS:
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