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Skews

/skjuːz/

Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:12 pts5 letters
Definition of Skews

noun

  1. Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
  2. An oblique or sideways movement.
  3. A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
  4. A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
  5. A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.

verb

  1. To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
  2. To bias or distort in a particular direction.

    "A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results."

  3. To hurl or throw.
  4. To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
  5. To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.

noun

  1. A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
  2. The coping of a gable.
  3. One of the stones placed over the end of a gable, or forming the coping of a gable.
Anagrams of Skews

No exact anagrams found for "skews". This word has a unique letter combination.

Related Word Patterns
SK...Words starting with "sk"...WSWords ending with "ws"All 5-letter wordsUnscramble "skews"
Synonyms & Antonyms

ANTONYMS

unskew
Letter Values
s1
k5
e1
w4
s1

Total: 12 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Skews
afterglowsaircrewsairflowsairglowsairscrewsairshowsallowsalpenglowsarrowsavowsbackflowsbacksaws
Related 5-Letter Words
sabalsabedsabersabessabinsabirsablesabotsabrasabresackssacrasadessadhesadhu

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Skews"

Skews is a 5-letter word that scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.

Using "Skews" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "skews" is a medium-scoring word.