SKLIM is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. SKLIM is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SKLIM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SKLIM is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SKLIM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sklimsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SKLIM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SKLIM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does SKLIM mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsdialect
To climb or scramble up something, often quickly, awkwardly or with some effort.
Sklim survives mainly in Scots and northern English speech, where it describes hauling oneself up a wall, tree, fence or bank rather than climbing in a more formal sense. The word carries a rougher, more physical feel than plain climb, suggesting scrambling with hands as well as feet. Older Scots writing uses sklim for children getting over dykes and hedges, a picture of everyday rural life rather than mountaineering. Outside Scotland the word is rarely heard, and most English speakers would reach for climb or scramble instead.
How SKLIM is used
Regional Scots and northern dialect; heard in everyday speech there but not treated as standard elsewhere.
- The boy would sklim over the garden wall every morning on his way to school.
- She watched the cat sklim up the drainpipe without a moment's hesitation.
- They had to sklim the fence to reach the field beyond.
- He can still sklim a tree faster than his grandchildren.
- The old story tells of a fox that would sklim the henhouse wall at night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SKLIM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SKLIM
The 5 tiles of SKLIM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SKLIM
3 longer words begin with SKLIM.
Shorter words from the letters in SKLIM
Common questions about SKLIM
- Is SKLIM valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SKLIM is not in it.
- How many points is SKLIM worth?
- SKLIM is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SKLIM mean?
- To climb or scramble up something, often quickly, awkwardly or with some effort.
- What letters can be added to SKLIM?
- SKLIM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SKLIM:
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