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Is skell a Scrabble word?

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

S1K5E1L1L1

Is skell a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1K5E1L1L1

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5-letter words (2 found)

KELLS,SKELL,

4-letter words (5 found)

ELKS,ELLS,KELL,LEKS,SELL,

3-letter words (6 found)

ELK,ELL,ELS,LEK,LES,SEL,

2-letter words (2 found)

EL,ES,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 16 words from skell according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of skell

skell ksell sekll eskll kesll eksll sklel kslel slkel lskel klsel lksel selkl eslkl slekl lsekl elskl leskl kelsl eklsl klesl lkesl elksl leksl skell ksell sekll eskll kesll eksll sklel kslel slkel lskel klsel lksel selkl eslkl slekl lsekl elskl leskl kelsl eklsl klesl lkesl elksl leksl sklle kslle slkle lskle klsle lksle sklle kslle slkle lskle klsle lksle sllke lslke sllke lslke llske llske kllse lklse kllse lklse llkse llkse sellk esllk slelk lselk elslk leslk sellk esllk slelk lselk elslk leslk sllek lslek sllek lslek llsek llsek ellsk lelsk ellsk lelsk llesk llesk kells eklls klels lkels elkls lekls kells eklls klels lkels elkls lekls klles lkles klles lkles llkes llkes ellks lelks ellks lelks lleks lleks

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

Definitions and meaning of skell

skell

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

  • Perhaps from skeleton, describing the often skeletal appearance of drug users.
  • Alternatively, from skellum or skelder ("to beg in the streets"). Used by Ben Jonson, 1599.
  • In the sense of a suspicious person, popularized by the American TV police drama NYPD Blue.

Alternative forms

  • skel

Noun

skell (plural skells)

  1. (slang, US, New York) a homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway.
    Did you see those two skells lying in the doorway?
  2. (slang, US, New York, police jargon) A male suspicious person or crime suspect, especially a street person such as a drug dealer, pimp or panhandler.
Synonyms
  • See also Thesaurus:vagabond

References

  • The City in Slang, New York Life and Popular Speech, by Irving Lewis Allen, 1993.[1]
  • Dictionary of American Regional English, by Joan Houston Hall, 2002[2]

Etymology 2

Verb

skell (third-person singular simple present skells, present participle skelling, simple past and past participle skelled)

  1. (slang, intransitive) To fall off or fall over.
    She went skelling over on the ice.

Anagrams

  • Kells, kells

Icelandic

Verb

skell (strong)

  1. first-person singular present indicative of skella
  2. second-person singular imperative of skella

Verb

skell (weak)

  1. second-person singular imperative of skella

Source: wiktionary.org