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SKEWS

5 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SKEWS Means

SKEWS is a form of SKEW, which means:

  1. verb: turn or place at an angle“the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed”
  2. adjective: having an oblique or slanting direction or position“the picture was skew”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SKEWS 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 S1 K5 E1 W4 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In SKEWS

8 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 (3)

3 letter words (3)

2 letter words (2)

Longer Words Containing SKEWS

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

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