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5-Letter Words Starting with SK

There are 32 five-letter words that start with SK on Word.ws, from skald to skype. The most common are skill, skull, skirt, skins and skate.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 32 five-letter words that start with SK

  • skald10n. A Nordic poet of the Viking Age.
  • skall9v. To scale; to mount.
  • skank13n. Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.
  • skarn9n. Any of various metamorphic rocks formed by metasomatism.
  • skate9n. A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the...
  • skeel9n. A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
  • skeet9n. A form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight.
  • skein9n. A quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and...
  • skell9n. A homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway.
  • skelp11v. To beat or slap with the hand.
  • skene9n. An element of ancient Greek theater: the structure at the back of the...
  • skete9n. A secluded religious community in Eastern Orthodox Christianity which...
  • skier9n. One who skis.
  • skiff15n. A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.
  • skift12n. Synonym of skiff (“light shower of rain or snow; light dusting of snow...
  • skill9n. A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually...
  • skimo11n. Ski mountaineering, especially competitive ski mountaineering.
  • skimp13v. To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.
  • skink13n. A shin of beef.
  • skins9n. The drums.
  • skint9adj. Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke.
  • skirl9v. To make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes.
  • skirt9n. A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that...
  • skite9n. A contemptible person.
  • skive12v. To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.
  • skoal9interj. A toast when drinking, roughly equivalent to cheers.
  • skort9n. A pair of shorts designed to look like a skirt via the addition of a...
  • skrrt9interj. The sound of a tire screeching.
  • skulk13n. A group of foxes.
  • skull9n. The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium...
  • skunk13n. Any of various mammals of the subfamily Mephitinae, native to North and...
  • skype14v. To make (a telephone call) using Skype software.
18 rare five-letter words that start with SK

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with SK are there?
Word.ws lists 32 five-letter words that start with SK, plus 18 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with SK?
skill, skull, skirt, skins, skate, skype, skier and skunk.
Which of the five-letter words that start with SK has the highest letter score?
skiff scores 15 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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