Skep is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 22 anagrams from letters in skep (ekps).
before 1100; Middle English skeppe, late Old English sceppe Old Norse skeppa half-bushel; akin to German Scheffel
This skep (a beehive made of woven straw) was made in the 1950s but is of a sort that has been used since ancient times.
skep, skep, n. a grain-basket, or beehive made of straw or wicker-work.
And if I had been wearing a scarlet garter I would have tied it round their skep.
“Now, then, lower away;” and as he spoke he stooped down quickly seized the dog by the collar, and swung him out of the skep.
Suddenly the skep was enveloped in a cyclone of bees, and again the orchard sang with the exciting song of the wings.
Add eke after eke to the skep, and still seems it too small to contain all the insects.
Tom Dinass was there, too, in charge with the engineer of the skep, to ensure a safe descent.
He snatched the lanthorn Joe carried, held it down, and stepped off the skep.
“Quickly as you can,” shouted the Colonel, as the skep went down; but the engineer shook his head.
First, the old-fashioned plan of keeping the bees in a common bell-shaped straw hive, or skep.