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Skips

Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:12 pts5 letters
Definition of Skips

noun

  1. A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
  2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
  3. A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
  4. A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
  5. Skywave propagation

verb

  1. To move by hopping on alternate feet.

    "She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other."

  2. To leap about lightly.
  3. To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

    "The rock will skip across the pond."

  4. To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.

    "I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond."

  5. To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).

    "I will read most of the book, but skip the first chapter because the video covered it."

noun

  1. A large open-topped container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents. (see also skep).
  2. A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
  3. A skep, or basket.
  4. A wheeled basket used in cotton factories.
  5. (sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.

noun

  1. Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
  2. (specially) The captain of a sports team. Also, a form of address by the team to the captain.
  3. The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
  4. (bowls) The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary.
  5. The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization) and their form of address to him.

noun

  1. An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.

noun

  1. (college slang) A college servant.
Anagrams of Skips

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "skips":

spiks

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "skips" and rearranging:

+cspicks
+espikes
+mskimps
Related Word Patterns
SK...Words starting with "sk"...PSWords ending with "ps"All 5-letter wordsUnscramble "skips"
Synonyms & Antonyms
Letter Values
s1
k5
i1
p3
s1

Total: 11 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Skips
abampsabbotshipsaccountantshipsafterclapsafterdampsagitpropsairdropsairmanshipsairshipsairstripsalpsambassadorships
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 "Skips"

Skips is a 5-letter word that scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "skips" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Skips" in Word Games

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