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SKIRT

5 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SKIRT Means

  1. noun: cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
  2. noun: a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
  3. verb: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)“He dodged the issue”
  4. verb: pass around or about; move along the border“The boat skirted the coast”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SKIRT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 K5 I1 R1 T1.

Anagrams of SKIRT (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In SKIRT

30 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 (10)

3 letter words (14)

2 letter words (6)

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