SKI is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SKI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SKI?
| 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 SKI is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SKI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SKI scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SKI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What stands out about SKI
- The same 3 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 SKI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long narrow runner fixed to a boot for travelling on snow.
Ski is Norwegian and the word arrived with the sport in the 1880s, which is recent for something people had been doing for four thousand years. The plural wavered between two spellings for a while, and the pronunciation with a sh sound survived in places into living memory.
How SKI is used
Countable: a ski, two skis. Also a verb.
- One ski came off and went down the slope alone.
- A ski that length suits somebody a foot taller.
- They ski every February and complain about the cost.
- The word ski is Norwegian and arrived in the 1880s.
- Two skis and a pair of poles filled the whole car.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SKI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SKI
The 3 tiles of SKI in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SKI
Showing 24 of 291 words that begin with SKI.
Words ending in SKI
12 words end in SKI. Useful as a back hook: play SKI onto a word already on the board.
Words with SKI inside
Showing 24 of 364 words that contain SKI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SKI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SKI
Common questions about SKI
- Is SKI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SKI, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SKI worth?
- SKI is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SKI mean?
- A long narrow runner fixed to a boot for travelling on snow.
- What letters can be added to SKI?
- SKI takes 7 hooks: 0 in front and 7 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SKI:
Open SKI in the Word Finder