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Is skinny a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word skinny is a Scrabble US word. The word skinny is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

S1K5I1N1N1Y4

Is skinny a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word skinny is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

S1K5I1N1N1Y4

Is skinny a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word skinny is a Words With Friends word. The word skinny is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1K5I1N2N2Y3

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6-letter words (1 found)

SKINNY,

5-letter words (1 found)

SINKY,

4-letter words (7 found)

INKS,INKY,INNS,KINS,SINK,SKIN,YINS,

3-letter words (14 found)

INK,INN,INS,KIN,KIS,NIS,NYS,SIK,SIN,SKI,SKY,SNY,SYN,YIN,

2-letter words (6 found)

IN,IS,KI,KY,NY,SI,

You can make 29 words from skinny according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of skinny

skinny

Etymology

From Middle English skinny (“resembling skin”), equivalent to skin +‎ -y. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase skin and bones; the meaning associated with nudity refers to the exposed skin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɪni/
  • Rhymes: -ɪni

Adjective

skinny (comparative skinnier, superlative skinniest)

  1. (informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
  2. (informal, of food or beverages) Having reduced fat or calories.
  3. Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
  4. (of clothing) Tight-fitting.
    skinny jeans
  5. (golf) Synonym of thin (“type of shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head”)

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:scrawny

Antonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:obese

Derived terms

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Noun

skinny (plural skinnies)

  1. (colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
    She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.
  2. A state of nakedness; nudity.
  3. (informal) A low-fat serving of coffee.
  4. (nonstandard) A skinny being.

Translations

Verb

skinny (third-person singular simple present skinnies, present participle skinnying, simple past and past participle skinnied)

  1. (transitive) To reduce or cut down.
    • 2001, Bankruptcy Court Decisions (volume 38, page A-7)
      Said one judge: "What is [Chapter 22] other than the process of skinnying the company down? Are there some inefficiencies in that? If so, they can be absorbed by the economy and the country."

Source: wiktionary.org