SKLENT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SKLENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SKLENT?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SKLENT is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SKLENT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SKLENT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SKLENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What stands out about SKLENT
- SKLENT gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SKLENT mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To slant, to move or lie at an angle, or to glance sideways.
Sklent is a Scots verb for anything that slopes or veers off a straight line, such as light falling aslant a window, or a sideways look. It can also mean to stray from the truth, which gives the older phrase to sklent a story. As a noun it names a slope or an oblique glance.
How SKLENT is used
Scots and Northern English; found mainly in dialect writing.
- The rain began to sklent across the hill.
- He would sklent his eyes at the stranger.
- Evening light seemed to sklent through the barn door.
- Do not sklent the facts to suit your tale.
- The path seems to sklent toward the loch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SKLENT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SKLENT
3 longer words begin with SKLENT.
Shorter words from the letters in SKLENT
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Common questions about SKLENT
- Is SKLENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SKLENT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SKLENT worth?
- SKLENT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SKLENT mean?
- To slant, to move or lie at an angle, or to glance sideways.
- What letters can be added to SKLENT?
- SKLENT takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SKLENT:
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