Is SKIPS valid in Words with Friends?

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

How many points is SKIPS worth?

SKIPS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to SKIPS?

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

SKIPS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points

Yes. SKIPS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.

s1k5i1p3s1

PlayableSKIPS · 5 letters · 11 pts Scrabble · 12 pts WWF

11points in Scrabble

12points in Words with Friends

5letters

0hooks available

1 in 697,107odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept SKIPS?

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: 29 / 100

29WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.2

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

Our own measure of how useful SKIPS is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for SKIPS

No single letter turns SKIPS into another word.

How SKIPS scores

Scrabble s1k5i1p3s1 11

Words with Friends s1k5i1p4s1 12

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

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
s	2	4
k	1	1
i	1	9
p	1	2

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 697,107.

What stands out about SKIPS

SKIPS 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 SKIPS

landskips16 lantskips15 overskips18 townskips18

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

Shorter words from the letters in SKIPS

kips10 skip10 kiss8 skis8 piss6 psis6 sips6 kip9 kis7 sik7 ski7 pis5 psi5 sip5 sis3 ki6 pi4 is2 si2

Common questions about SKIPS

Is SKIPS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts SKIPS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is SKIPS worth?: SKIPS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to SKIPS?: No single letter can be added to SKIPS to make another word.

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

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