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Is skank a Scrabble word?

Yes, skank is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 13 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle Yes
  • Words With Friends No

What is the meaning of skank?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (derogatory, slang) A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.Examples: "Whenever a slang word is heard, the youngsters note it, then write sentences which include the word. […]Hawk: to watch – as in “Man, that skank steady hawks me in school.”"; "It's also my job to take care of the skanks on the road that you bang."; "I'd been used to a lot of jawns following me around from when I first got out there on the rap scene. They were usually chickenhead skanks attracted to the gangsta culture who would lick and suck and fuck any and everything you wanted them to. Four and five times, if you told them to."Synonyms: promiscuous womancountablederogatoryslanguncountable

adj (English)

1. (derogatory, slang) Lewd, vulgar, skanky.Examples: ""I wear provocative clothes because they make me feel sexy," Toni says without apology. "If an artist like Madonna is wearing her booty hanging out, she's considered a genius. But if a black person does it, we're considered skank whores or sluts.""; "You can even be a wee bit more skank and don a dirty shirt. Unwashed underwear, however, is a no-go."derogatoryslang

noun (English)

1. (music) A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk.Examples: "A typical skank guitar rhythm: {\time3/4\tempo4=180\set Staff.midiInstrument=#"electric guitar (muted)"\repeat unfold2{r8a4}\repeat unfold2{r8g4"; "He took it another step and brought blues into reggae music. I don’t play skank. I don’t play reggae guitar. So I had to call."

verb (English)

1. (transitive or intransitive, Jamaica) To be dishonest or unreliable, to defraud or deceive, to steal.Examples: "Only Tosh, Marley and Livingston had been signed, and Aston Barrett harboured an unarticulated resentment that later would be couched in the language of betrayal[…] In any event ‘Family Man’ believed that they had an oral agreement, and placed his faith in Marley (from whom they received their wages) that he would not skank them."Jamaicaintransitivetransitive

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To cheat, especially a friend.Examples: "He short-changed a partner, leaving him feeling skanked."; "He thought I was trying to skank him and wouldn’t wait any more; he wanted to be there. He wouldn’t wait!"transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "skank"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "skank"?

Scrabble
13 points
S1
K5
A1
N1
K5
Words With Friends
14 points
S1
K5
A1
N2
K5

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