Unscramble SKERRIES and you have 124 words, SKERRIES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, KERRIES and RISKERS lead with 11 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for riskseer? They use the same letters as SKERRIES, so the words on this page are their answers too.
S1K5E1R1R1I1E1S1
Words from SKERRIES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 18 with 6, 30 with 5, 40 with 4, 23 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Of the 30 5-letter words from SKERRIES, 17 score 9 points, the group's best. RISKS, SEEKS and RISES are the ones most people know.
20 of 40 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SKERRIES tie at 8 points; none scores more. RISK, RISE and SEEK will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SKERRIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SK · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What SKERRIES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SKERRIES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKERRIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 124) | 95 | 124 | 89 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ESKIES, SEIKER, SKEERS, REIKS, REKES, SERKS, SKEER, SKERS, EIKS, ERKS, REIK, REKE and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SKRIES, EEK, KIS, KI, RESES and ESSE, 6 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of SKERRIES and one more.