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SKUNK

5 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SKUNK Means

  1. noun: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible“only a rotter would do that”
  2. noun: a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
  3. verb: defeat by a lurch

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SKUNK is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 K5 U1 N1 K5.

Words Made From The Letters In SKUNK

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 (1)

3 letter words (4)

2 letter words (3)

Longer Words Containing SKUNK

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

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