The word skive is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • skive v. (Britain, informal) To avoid one’s lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.
  • skive n. (Britain, informal) Something very easy, where one can slack off without penalty.
  • skive n. (Britain, informal) An act of avoiding lessons or work.

25 valid words from 3 definitions

ACT AN AT AVOID AVOIDING CAN CHIEFLY EASY INFORMAL LESSONS OF OFF ONE OR PENALTY SCHOOL SHIRK SLACK SOMETHING TO UNIVERSITY VERY WHERE WITHOUT WORK

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

BRITAIN

2 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

KI SKI

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

KIEVS

6 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

SHIVE SKITE SKIVY SLIVE STIVE SWIVE

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

SKIVIE

6 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

SKIVED SKIVER SKIVES SKIVERS SKIVERED SKIVERING

7 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+D SKIVED
+E KIEVES
+I SKIVIE
+L KEVILS
+N KNIVES
+R SKIVER
+S SKIVES

6 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-K VIES VISE
-S KIEV
-V EIKS SEIK SIKE

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 679 chance (0.15%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 4149 chance (0.02%).

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No words-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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