1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Skate in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does skate mean? Is skate a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is skate worth? skate how many points in Words With Friends? What does skate mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for skate

See how to calculate how many points for skate.

Is skate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word skate is a Scrabble US word. The word skate is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

S1K5A1T1E1

Is skate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word skate is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

S1K5A1T1E1

Is skate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word skate is a Words With Friends word. The word skate is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1K5A1T1E1

Our tools

Valid words made from Skate

Jump to...

Results

5-letter words (6 found)

KETAS,SKATE,STAKE,STEAK,TAKES,TEAKS,

4-letter words (25 found)

AKES,ATES,EAST,EATS,ETAS,KAES,KATS,KEAS,KEST,KETA,KETS,SAKE,SATE,SEAT,SEKT,SETA,SKAT,SKET,TAES,TAKE,TAKS,TASE,TASK,TEAK,TEAS,

3-letter words (24 found)

AKE,ASK,ATE,ATS,EAS,EAT,EST,ETA,KAE,KAS,KAT,KEA,KET,SAE,SAT,SEA,SET,SKA,TAE,TAK,TAS,TEA,TES,TSK,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AS,AT,EA,ES,ET,KA,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 66 words from skate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of skate

skate ksate sakte askte kaste akste sktae kstae stkae tskae ktsae tksae satke astke stake tsake atske taske katse aktse ktase tkase atkse takse skaet ksaet saket asket kaset akset skeat kseat sekat eskat kesat eksat saekt asekt seakt esakt aeskt easkt kaest akest keast ekast aekst eakst sktea kstea stkea tskea ktsea tksea sketa kseta sekta eskta kesta eksta steka tseka setka estka teska etska ktesa tkesa ketsa ektsa teksa etksa satek astek staek tsaek atsek tasek saetk asetk seatk esatk aestk eastk steak tseak setak estak tesak etsak atesk taesk aetsk eatsk teask etask kates aktes ktaes tkaes atkes takes kaets akets keats ekats aekts eakts kteas tkeas ketas ektas tekas etkas ateks taeks aetks eatks teaks etaks

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word skate. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in skate.

Definitions and meaning of skate

skate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skeɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt
  • Hyphenation: skate

Alternative forms

  • skait (archaic)

Etymology 1

Back-formation from Dutch schaats, from Middle Dutch schāetse, from Old Northern French escache (“a stilt, trestle”) (compare French échasse and English scatch), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *skakkjā (“stilt”, literally “thing that moves”), related to *skakan (“to shake, swing”).

Noun

skate (plural skates)

  1. A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
  2. Abbreviation of ice skate.
  3. Abbreviation of roller skate.
  4. The act of skateboarding
  5. The act of roller skating or ice skating
Translations

Verb

skate (third-person singular simple present skates, present participle skating, simple past and past participle skated)

  1. To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
  2. To skateboard.
  3. (skiing) To use the skating technique.
  4. (slang) To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty.
  5. To move smoothly and easily.
Derived terms
Translations

Adjective

skate (not comparable)

  1. (skiing) Pertaining to the technique of skating.

Etymology 2

From Middle English skat, scate (also schat), from Old Norse skata (“skate”). Cognate with Icelandic skata (“skate, ray”), Norwegian skate (“skate”).

Noun

skate (plural skates or skate)

  2. A fish of the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea (rays) which inhabit most seas. Skates generally have small heads with protruding muzzles, and wide fins attached to a flat body.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

skate (plural skates)

  1. A worn-out horse.
  2. A mean or contemptible person.
Derived terms
  • cheapskate
  • labor skate

Further reading

  • “skate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Keast, Keats, Skeat, Stake, kates, ketas, stake, steak, takes, teaks

Basque

Etymology

From English skate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /es̺kei̯t/ [es̺.kei̯t̪]
  • Rhymes: -es̺kei̯t

Noun

skate inan

  1. skateboard
  2. skateboarding

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • "skate" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

Dutch

Etymology

From English skate, back-formed from Dutch schaats.

Pronunciation

Noun

skate m (plural skates, diminutive skateje n)

  1. inline skate

Derived terms

  • skaten

Verb

skate

  1. inflection of skaten:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive
    3. imperative

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sket/

Noun

skate m (plural skates)

  1. a skateboard

Verb

skate

  1. inflection of skater:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “skate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

Verb

skate

  1. inflection of skaten:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Latvian

Etymology

From skat(īt) (“to see, look”) +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [skatɛ]

Noun

skate f (5th declension)

  1. display, exhibition, show (a planned event with the goal of showing, demonstrating something to the public; syn. izstāde)
    modes skate ― fashion show
    tēlotājas mākslas skate ― fine art show
    zemkopības tehnikas skate ― agriculture machinery show
    mākslinieciskās pašdarbības skate ― amateur performance show
  2. inspection, survey, review (syn. apskate)
    tarifikācijas skate ― classification, ranking review
    iziet skati ― to pass the scrutiny, test, inspection

Declension

Synonyms

  • apskate
  • izstāde

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse skata.

Noun

skate m (definite singular skaten, indefinite plural skater, definite plural skatene)

  1. a skate (a fish)
  2. a dried tree without branches

References

  • “skate” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse skata.

Noun

skate f (definite singular skata, indefinite plural skater, definite plural skatene)

  1. a skate (a fish)

References

  • “skate” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • esqueite (Brazil, uncommon)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English skate.

Pronunciation

Noun

skate m (plural skates)

  1. skateboard (small platform on wheels)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English skate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈkeit/ [esˈkei̯t̪]
  • Rhymes: -eit

Noun

skate m (plural skates)

  1. skating, skateboarding

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.


Source: wiktionary.org