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ASKEW

5 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What ASKEW Means

  1. adjective: turned or twisted toward one side“a … youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry”
  2. adverb: turned or twisted to one side“rugs lying askew”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ASKEW is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 S1 K5 E1 W4.

Anagrams of ASKEW (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In ASKEW

39 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (15)

3 letter words (17)

2 letter words (7)

Longer Words Containing ASKEW

ASKEW appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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