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Is sken a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sken is a Scrabble US word. The word sken is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

S1K5E1N1

Is sken a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sken is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

S1K5E1N1

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4-letter words (3 found)

KENS,NEKS,SKEN,

3-letter words (4 found)

ENS,KEN,NEK,SEN,

2-letter words (3 found)

EN,ES,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 11 words from sken according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of sken

sken ksen sekn eskn kesn eksn skne ksne snke nske knse nkse senk esnk snek nsek ensk nesk kens ekns knes nkes enks neks

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Definitions and meaning of sken

sken

Etymology

Obscure origin, possibly related to askance.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Verb

sken (third-person singular simple present skens, present participle skenning, simple past and past participle skenned)

  1. (Northern English) to squint
  2. (Northern English) to glance

References

Anagrams

  • kens, neks, snek

Old Saxon

Verb

skēn

  1. first/third-person past indicative of skinan

Swedish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish sken, skin, from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną. Cognate of German Schein, English shine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɧeːn/

Noun

sken n

  1. a light, a glow
  2. an appearance; guise
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
  • skina

Etymology 2

Deverbal from skena.

Noun

sken n

  1. bolting

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sken

  1. past indicative of skina

References

  • sken in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading

  • sken in Svensk ordbok.
  • sken in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

Source: wiktionary.org