5 Letters
4 Consonants
1 Vowels
1 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use skunk as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
About Skunk
A 1 syllables noun and 5 letters with the letters k, n, s, and u, 4 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter u. Skunk starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, sk, sku, skun, and the ending characters are k, nk, unk, kunk, ..
Definition
American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
Origin/Roots
Abenaki
School Grade
Skunk is set as a kindergarten word that starts with s, ends with k, 1 syllables, 1 vowels and 5 letters.
Scrabble
Is skunk a scrabble word? A 13 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Skunk in Pig Latin is said as "unkskay or unkskway".
Unigram
s | k | u | n | k
Bigram
sk | ku | un | nk
Trigram
sku | kun | unk
Quadrigram
skun | kunk
Word Gram
Noun Examples
American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled;
in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
street names for marijuana
a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
"only a rotter would do that";
"kill the rat";
"throw the bum out";
"you cowardly little pukes!";
"the British call a contemptible person a `git'"
Verb Examples
defeat by a lurch

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Skunk"

There are 200 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to skunk.

SynonymDefinition
Animala living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Animate Being
Anuranany of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping
semiaquatic and terrestrial species
Apeany of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
Barthe act of preventing
"there was no bar against leaving"
"money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"
Basha vigorous blow
"the sudden knock floored him"
"he took a bash right in his face"
"he got a bang on the head"
Bat(baseball) a turn batting
"he was at bat when it happened"
"he got 4 hits in 4 at-bats"
Batrachianany of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping
semiaquatic and terrestrial species
Bawl Out
Bearmassive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from skunk.

Anagram Definition
SkunkAmerican musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled
in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

View English words with the unique letters used in skunk. Words With The Letters Knsu

Hypernyms

Skunk has 3 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Mustelidfissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
Mustelinefissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
Musteline Mammal

Hyponyms

There are 11 hyponyms for skunk

Word Definition
Badger Skunk
Conepatus Leuconotus
Hog Nosed Skunk
Hognosed Skunk
Hooded Skunk
Little Spotted Skunk
Mephitis Macroura
Mephitis Mephitis
Rooter Skunk
Spotted Skunk

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The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word skunk.

Is skunk a scrabble word or can you use skunk in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 3136979 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 4598126 games. This 5 letter 13 point scrabble word can be rearranged 60 ways. What other words can be made with the letters k, n, s, and u? There's 14 with 7 letters or less with the letters k, n, s, and u. Here is a list of 14 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Husking (7 letters) 15 +2 17 +2 husking
Skunk (5 letters) 13 15 kknsu
Knucks (6 letters) 16 +3 19 +4 knucks
Buskin (6 letters) 12 15 buskin
Kusan (5 letters) 9 11 kusan
Kansu (5 letters) 9 11 kusan
Kaunas (6 letters) 10 12 kaunas
Nusku (5 letters) 9 12 nusku
Sunken (6 letters) 10 13 sunken
Unasked (7 letters) 12 14 unasked
Sunk (4 letters) 8 10 sunk
Unsick (6 letters) 12 15 unsick
Nunks (5 letters) 9 12 nunks
Unshaky (7 letters) 17 +4 17 +2 unshaky





     

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