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skive

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Is skive a Scrabble word?

Yes, skive is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle Yes
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of skive?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.Examples: "Truancies, rather bewilderingly, have risen among children on the programme; the government hopes this is because children skive more as they get older."; "Work experience as an arsey teenager is pretty straightforward: disappear into the storeroom, smoke a few cigarettes, text your mates and watch the minute hand tick slowly by. If there's nowhere suitable to hide, all you need is a vacant computer and you can chat to your skiving associate in the building next door."Synonyms: skive off, skip, play hooky, play truantCommonwealthIrelandUKinformal

noun (English)

1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) Something very easy, where one can slack off without penalty.Examples: "Mr Smith's history classes are a total skive."CommonwealthIrelandUKinformal

2. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) An act of avoiding lessons or work.Examples: "I got the bus to school, and the driver gave me the eye, thinking I was on the skive, and I started to explain that there was something up with my head, but then I couldn't be bothered."; "Another school skive! I only realised this when my dentist's receptionist told me to expect a fair wait till I could be seen."; "But at least they preserved the idea that books were important and that reading and writing were more than just a skive for people too weedy to hack at one another with swords."CommonwealthIrelandUKinformal

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "skive"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "skive"?

Scrabble
12 points
S1
K5
I1
V4
E1
Words With Friends
13 points
S1
K5
I1
V4
E1

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