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Is skittish a Scrabble word?

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

S1K5I1T1T1I1S1H4

Is skittish a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1K5I1T1T1I1S1H4

Is skittish a Words With Friends word?

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

S1K5I1T1T1I1S1H3

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8-letter words (1 found)

SKITTISH,

6-letter words (1 found)

SHTIKS,

5-letter words (9 found)

HISTS,KISTS,KITHS,SHIST,SHITS,SHTIK,SKITS,TIKIS,TITIS,

4-letter words (22 found)

HISS,HIST,HITS,ISIT,KHIS,KISH,KISS,KIST,KITH,KITS,SHIT,SIST,SITH,SITS,SKIS,SKIT,THIS,TIKI,TIKS,TITI,TITS,TSKS,

3-letter words (15 found)

HIS,HIT,ISH,ITS,KHI,KIS,KIT,SIK,SIS,SIT,SKI,TIK,TIS,TIT,TSK,

2-letter words (8 found)

HI,IS,IT,KI,SH,SI,ST,TI,

You can make 56 words from skittish according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of skittish

skittish

Etymology

Probably from skite (“to move lightly and hurriedly; to move suddenly, particularly in an oblique direction (Scotland, Northern England)”) +‎ -ish; compare skitter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɪtɪʃ/
  • (T-flapping) IPA(key): [ˈskɪɾɪʃ]
  • Rhymes: -ɪtɪʃ
  • Hyphenation: skit‧tish

Adjective

skittish (comparative more skittish, superlative most skittish)

  1. Easily scared or startled; timid.
    • 1557, Roger Edgeworth, Sermons Very Fruitfull, Godly, and Learned, London: Robert Caly, The fiftenth treatice or Sermon,[1]
      All such be like a skittish starting horse, whiche coming ouer a bridge, wil start for a shadowe, or for a stone lying by him, and leapeth ouer on the other side into the water, & drowneth both horse and man.
  2. Wanton; changeable; fickle.
  3. Difficult to manage; tricky.

Synonyms

  • (easily scared or startled): spookish, jumpy, skittery, skitterish, squirrelly

Derived terms

  • skittishly
  • skittishness

Translations

See also

  • startle

Source: wiktionary.org