Is SKEWS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts SKEWS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is SKEWS worth?

SKEWS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to SKEWS?

No single letter can be added to SKEWS to make another word.

SKEWS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points

Yes. SKEWS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.

s1k5e1w4s1

PlayableSKEWS · 5 letters · 12 pts Scrabble · 12 pts WWF

12points in Scrabble

12points in Words with Friends

5letters

0hooks available

1 in 522,830odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept SKEWS?

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: 32 / 100

32WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.4

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.6%

Our own measure of how useful SKEWS is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for SKEWS

No single letter turns SKEWS into another word.

How SKEWS scores

Scrabble s1k5e1w4s1 12

Words with Friends s1k5e1w4s1 12

Face value of the 5 tiles in SKEWS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
s	2	4
k	1	1
e	1	12
w	1	2

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.

What stands out about SKEWS

SKEWS begins and ends with the same letter.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words ending in SKEWS

reskews14

1 words end in SKEWS. Useful as a back hook: play SKEWS onto a word already on the board.

Shorter words from the letters in SKEWS

ewks11 skew11 sews7 ewk10 kes7 sew6 ess3 ses3 ew5 we5 es2

Common questions about SKEWS

Is SKEWS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts SKEWS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is SKEWS worth?: SKEWS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to SKEWS?: No single letter can be added to SKEWS to make another word.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SKEWS:

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