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SKEPS

5 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SKEPS Means

SKEPS is a form of SKEP, which means:

  1. noun: a large round wicker basket (used on farms)
  2. noun: a domed beehive made of twisted straw

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SKEPS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 K5 E1 P3 S1.

Anagrams of SKEPS (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In SKEPS

9 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 (4)

3 letter words (3)

2 letter words (2)

Longer Words Containing SKEPS

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

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.