SKYR is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. SKYR 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 accept it.
Which word lists accept SKYR?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SKYR is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SKYR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SKYR scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SKYR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 81,692.
What does SKYR mean in Scrabble?
noun
An Icelandic cultured dairy product.
Skyr is technically a cheese rather than a yoghurt, because rennet is used as well as a culture. It has been made in Iceland since settlement and reached the rest of Europe only in the 2010s.
How SKYR is used
Uncountable; used as a modifier before a noun.
- Skyr is made with rennet, which makes it a cheese.
- The word skyr is Old Norse and unchanged.
- Iceland has made skyr since settlement.
- Skyr reached European shops only in the 2010s.
- A pot of skyr is thicker than yoghurt and less sour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SKYR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SKYR
The 4 tiles of SKYR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SKYR
11 longer words begin with SKYR.
Shorter words from the letters in SKYR
Common questions about SKYR
- Is SKYR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SKYR, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SKYR worth?
- SKYR is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SKYR mean?
- An Icelandic cultured dairy product.
- What letters can be added to SKYR?
- SKYR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SKYR:
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