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Is skene a Scrabble word?

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

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Is skene a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (4 found)

KEENS,KNEES,SKEEN,SKENE,

4-letter words (13 found)

EKES,ENES,ESNE,KEEN,KENS,KNEE,NEKS,SEEK,SEEN,SENE,SKEE,SKEN,SNEE,

3-letter words (10 found)

EEK,EEN,EKE,ENE,ENS,KEN,NEE,NEK,SEE,SEN,

2-letter words (4 found)

EE,EN,ES,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 32 words from skene according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of skene

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

Definitions and meaning of skene

skene

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “tent”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskiːni/
  • Rhymes: -iːni

Noun

skene

  1. An element of ancient Greek theater: the structure at the back of the stage.
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

skene (plural skenes)

  1. Alternative form of skean (“a kind of dagger”)
Derived terms
  • skene-dhu, skene dhu

Anagrams

  • Enkes, Keens, Skeen, keens, knees, kènes, neeks

Finnish

Etymology

Semi-adapted borrowing from English scene. Ultimately from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskene/, [ˈs̠k̟e̞ne̞]
  • Rhymes: -ene
  • Syllabification(key): ske‧ne

Noun

skene (colloquial)

  1. scene, subculture
    räpskene – the rap scene
    taideskene – the art scene
    Synonym: alakulttuuri
  2. demoscene
    Synonym: demoskene

Declension

Further reading

  • “skene”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • sceyne

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Irish scian, from Old Irish scían, from Proto-Celtic *skiyenā; compare Middle Welsh ysgien. This word was borrowed late enough for the orthographic final vowel to be illusory.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skɛːn/, /skɛi̯n/

Noun

skene (plural skenes)

  1. (Late Middle English, rare) skean (kind of dagger)

Descendants

  • English: skean, skene, skeyn

References

  • “skēne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Source: wiktionary.org