skunk
Skunk can refer to a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible, a defeat in a game where one side fails to score, or street names for marijuana. As a verb, skunk can mean to defeat by a lurch.
Length
5
Scrabble
13
WWF
15
Starts
SK
Ends
UNK
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “SKUNK” Mean?
skunk has 5 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
4 sensesa defeat in a game where one side fails to score
Synonyms
American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
Synonyms
Verb
1 sensedefeat by a lurch
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
Length
5 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
K
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
S, K, U, N, K
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆SKUNK has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆SKUNK is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆SKUNK can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SKUNK contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDB
CV Pattern
CCVCC
Vowel Share
20%
Consonant Share
80%
Bigrams
SK, KU, UN, NK
Trigrams
SKU, KUN, UNK
Crossword Intelligence
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