SKIRR is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SKIRR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SKIRR?
| 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
Our own measure of how useful SKIRR is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SKIRR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
skirrsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SKIRR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SKIRR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 139,421.
What does SKIRR mean in Scrabble?
verb
literaryrare
To move rapidly, often with a whirring sound, as birds do when they suddenly take flight.
Skirr appears almost exclusively in older or deliberately literary writing, where it lends a scene a sudden burst of nervous motion. Shakespeare used the word for troops sent scurrying to scout the land, and later writers borrowed it mainly for startled flocks of birds bursting upward. The related noun skirr names the whirring sound itself, the noise a flock makes as its wings beat the air.
How SKIRR is used
Rare outside literary or poetic writing; most modern readers will meet it only in older texts.
- A dozen pigeons seemed to skirr straight up from the ledge at once.
- The startled grouse would skirr away the instant a footstep snapped a twig.
- He watched the swallows skirr low across the meadow at dusk.
- Something in the hedge made the sparrows skirr into the gray sky.
- The poem describes crows that skirr over the battlefield at dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SKIRR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SKIRR
5 longer words begin with SKIRR.
Shorter words from the letters in SKIRR
Common questions about SKIRR
- Is SKIRR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SKIRR, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SKIRR worth?
- SKIRR is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SKIRR mean?
- To move rapidly, often with a whirring sound, as birds do when they suddenly take flight.
- What letters can be added to SKIRR?
- SKIRR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SKIRR:
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