Definitions for skittle

skittle skit·tle

Spelling: [skit-l]
IPA: /ˈskɪt l/

Skittle is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 137 anagrams from letters in skittle (eiklstt).

Definitions for skittle

noun

  1. skittles, (used with a singular verb) ninepins in which a wooden ball or disk is used to knock down the pins.
  2. one of the pins used in this game.

Origin of skittle

1625-35; perhaps Scandinavian; compare Old Norse skutill shuttle, arrow; Danish skyttel shuttle

Examples for skittle

Murgatroyd was turning to his tally again; he set his hand on his shoulder and spun him round as if he had been a skittle.

But the skittle players were in the majority though there was a keen opposition.

Take my blessing, and stand not on the order of your going to it,—but skittle!

I seed Old Missy parch coffee in a skittle, and it good coffee, too.

The taproom was built in the yard beside a skittle ground, and was approached through a long passage.

I have gone into the skittle ground at seven o'clock in the morning, and not left it till late at night.

One was an intermittent rumbling from the back premises of the inn half-way up; this meant a skittle alley.

One who entices another to play at a game at which cheating rules, such as card or skittle sharping—a buttoner.

The murmur of voices thickened, and there was no rumbling in the skittle alley to interrupt it.

Finally we went to a skittle ground, where we stayed for some time.

Word Value for skittle
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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