Skeans is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.
You can make 80 anagrams from letters in skeans (aeknss).
1520-30; Scots Gaelic sgian or Irish scian
Rakhal whirled and with a quick jerk he pulled the skean loose.
I moved backward, hand on my skean, braced for a sudden rush.
He struck out again with his skean, and felt the blow go home—and with that there came a terrific, blinding roar.
Kyral's face changed as she spoke; he drew a long breath and threw the whip down beside my skean on the floor.
I slipped the safety clasp from the hilt of my skean and went after him.
I thrust myself between them and put my hand on the skean again.
I had my skean handy, but I had a hunch this wasn't anything I could settle with a skean.
For an instant the shock drove the breath out of Brian, then he felt a hand close on his throat, and struck out with his skean.
It is the only thing I could get, but I sharpened it myself; it has an edge like a skean.'
The big lunk made a grab at the girl, and I whipped out my skean and pantomimed.
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