Definitions for skelter

skelter skel·ter

Spelling: [skel-ter]
IPA: /ˈskɛl tər/

Skelter 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 148 anagrams from letters in skelter (eeklrst).

Definitions for skelter

verb (used without object)

  1. to scurry.

Origin of skelter

First recorded in 1850-55; probably extracted from helter-skelter

Examples for skelter

The shadow of Helter, skelter, & Grab lay upon the tea-table.

There was a swirling and a skelter of brown and yellow leaves at the gap in the lane where we struck across a vegetable garden.

Word Value for skelter
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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