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Yes. The word skipper is a Scrabble US word. The word skipper is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is skipper a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word skipper is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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7-letter words (2 found)

KIPPERS,SKIPPER,

6-letter words (5 found)

KIPPER,PIKERS,PIPERS,SIPPER,SPIKER,

5-letter words (28 found)

EPRIS,KEIRS,KEPIS,KIERS,KIPES,KIPPS,PEPSI,PERIS,PERKS,PERPS,PIERS,PIKER,PIKES,PIPER,PIPES,PREPS,PRIES,PRISE,REIKS,REPPS,RIPES,RIPPS,SIKER,SKIER,SPEIR,SPIER,SPIKE,SPIRE,

4-letter words (47 found)

EIKS,ERKS,IRES,IRKS,KEIR,KEPI,KEPS,KIER,KIPE,KIPP,KIPS,KIRS,KRIS,PEPS,PERI,PERK,PERP,PIER,PIES,PIKE,PIPE,PIPS,PIRS,PISE,PREP,REIK,REIS,REPP,REPS,RIPE,RIPP,RIPS,RISE,RISK,RISP,SEIK,SEIR,SERK,SIKE,SIPE,SIRE,SKEP,SKER,SKIP,SPEK,SPIE,SPIK,

3-letter words (30 found)

EIK,ERK,ERS,IKE,IRE,IRK,KEP,KIP,KIR,KIS,PEP,PER,PES,PIE,PIP,PIR,PIS,PRE,PSI,REI,REP,RES,RIP,SEI,SER,SIK,SIP,SIR,SKI,SRI,

2-letter words (8 found)

ER,ES,IS,KI,PE,PI,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 121 words from skipper according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of skipper

skipper

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskɪp.ə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈskɪpɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English skippere, skyppere, scippere, borrowed from Middle Dutch scipper, schipper, from Old Dutch *skipāri, from Proto-Germanic *skipārijaz. Piecewise doublet of shipper, from ship +‎ -er.

Noun

skipper (plural skippers)

  1. (nautical) The master of a ship.
    Synonyms: master, captain
  2. A coach, director, or other leader.
  3. (sports) The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → German: Skipper
Translations

Verb

skipper (third-person singular simple present skippers, present participle skippering, simple past and past participle skippered)

  1. (transitive) To captain a ship or a sports team.

Etymology 2

From Middle English skippere, skyppare, equivalent to skip +‎ -er.

Noun

skipper (plural skippers)

  1. Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
  2. A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
  3. (sports) One who jumps rope.
  4. Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
  5. Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira (Pacific saury) and Sprattus sprattus (European sprat).
  6. (obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.
  7. The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly (family Piophilidae), which leaps to escape predators.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

Probably from Welsh ysgubor (“a barn”).

Noun

skipper (plural skippers)

  1. A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.
Derived terms
  • skipper-bird

Verb

skipper (third-person singular simple present skippers, present participle skippering, simple past and past participle skippered)

  1. (intransitive) To take shelter in a barn or shed.

Etymology 4

Unknown, perhaps related to jumper.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskɪp.ə(ɹ)/

Noun

skipper (plural skippers)

  1. (South Africa) A short-sleeved (or long-sleeved) tee-shirt, or sweatshirt.
    Synonyms: jumper, tee-shirt
    • 1971, Golden City Post, 26 June
      Plain nylon doeks...Men's knitted skippers, long sleeves, three buttons in front.
    • 1987, w:Eastern Province Herald, 19 August
      The special constables..were issued with one pair of boots, two overalls, one raincoat, and two skippers — but no shirts or warm coats.

References

Anagrams

  • Kippers, kippers

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English skipper.

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ski.pœʁ/

Noun

skipper m (plural skippers)

  1. skipper

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ski.pe/

Verb

skipper

  1. to skipper
Conjugation

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English skipper.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskip.per/
  • Rhymes: -ipper
  • Hyphenation: skìp‧per

Noun

skipper m (invariable)

  1. (nautical) skipper (person in charge of a vessel)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German schipper.

Noun

skipper m (definite singular skipperen, indefinite plural skippere, definite plural skipperne)

  1. (nautical) a skipper

Derived terms

  • fiskeskipper

References

  • “skipper” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German schipper.

Noun

skipper m (definite singular skipperen, indefinite plural skipperar, definite plural skipperane)

  1. (nautical) a skipper

Derived terms

  • fiskeskipper

References

  • “skipper” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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