Unscramble SKAW to get 13 words. SKAW itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 11 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 11 points: AWKS and KAWS. AWK and KAW are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. The 4 letters split into 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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By length, the words from SKAW split into 3 with 4 letters, 7 with 3 and 3 with 2.
Keep every letter of SKAW but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with SK · ending in W · all 4-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ASK, KAS and SKA (7 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts SKAW, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKAW itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 13) | 8 | 13 | 8 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AWKS, KAWS, SKAW, AWK and KAW, 5 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of SKAW plus a single extra one.