Is ASKEW a word?
ASKEW is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 2 other words, plus 32 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, ASKEW is a valid word.
What does askew mean?
adjective: turned or twisted toward one side.
“a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
ASKEW: word details
- Pronunciation: uhsk-YOO (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so ASKEW works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of askew
Shorter words inside askew
Words you can make from the letters of askew.
Solve a whole rack, not just ASKEW
ASKEW is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does ASKEW mean?
ASKEW is a adjective. It means: turned or twisted toward one side.
Is ASKEW a valid word?
Yes, ASKEW is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.