What does SKIM mean?

SKIM is a valid word in the ENABLE word game list, worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends.

Pronunciation
/skɪm/
Letters
4
Scrabble score
10
Words With Friends score
11
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

verb

  1. travel on the surface of water
  2. move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
  3. examine hastily“She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi”
  4. cause to skip over a surface“Skip a stone across the pond”
  5. coat (a liquid) with a layer
  6. remove from the surface“skim cream from the surface of milk”
  7. read superficially

noun

  1. a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid“there was a thin skim of oil on the water”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

skims11

Anagrams of SKIM

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside SKIM

7 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

ism5 mis5 sim5 ski7 is2 mi4 si2

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Questions

Is SKIM a Scrabble word?

SKIM is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted in Scrabble and Words With Friends. Official tournament dictionaries differ slightly, so check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is SKIM worth?

SKIM is worth 10 points with Scrabble letter values and 11 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from SKIM?

7 other words, including IS, MI, SI and SKI.