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SKIRLS

6 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SKIRLS Means

SKIRLS is a form of SKIRL, which means:

  1. verb: make a shrill, wailing sound“skirling bagpipes”
  2. verb: play the bagpipes
  3. noun: the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SKIRLS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 K5 I1 R1 L1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In SKIRLS

31 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.

5 letter words (5)

4 letter words (12)

3 letter words (10)

2 letter words (4)

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