SKRIK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. SKRIK 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 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SKRIK?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SKRIK is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SKRIK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SKRIK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SKRIK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 2 | 1 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. SKRIK needs 1 blank tile.
What does SKRIK mean in Scrabble?
noun
South Africaninformal
A sudden fright or scare.
Skrik is a South African English word borrowed from Afrikaans, where the same word means fright or terror. It names the jolt of alarm itself rather than the thing that caused it, so a loud noise in the dark gives someone a skrik. The word keeps its Afrikaans spelling and sound rather than being folded into scream or shriek, despite the family resemblance.
How SKRIK is used
South African English, informal; typically in the phrase get a skrik or give someone a skrik.
- The car backfiring gave her a proper skrik.
- He got such a skrik when the door slammed that he dropped his cup.
- A skrik like that takes a few minutes to shake off.
- The snake in the grass gave the whole group a skrik.
- She let out a small skrik when the lights suddenly went out.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SKRIK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SKRIK
The 5 tiles of SKRIK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SKRIK
5 longer words begin with SKRIK.
Shorter words from the letters in SKRIK
Common questions about SKRIK
- Is SKRIK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SKRIK is not in it.
- How many points is SKRIK worth?
- SKRIK is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SKRIK mean?
- A sudden fright or scare.
- What letters can be added to SKRIK?
- SKRIK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SKRIK:
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