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askew
askew is a 5-letter English word with 3 senses as adjectivedverb & adjective, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 3 senses
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- 1adjectivedverb & adjective
Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry.
- 2adjective
turned or twisted toward one side- G.K.Chesterton
"a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"
"his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
- 3adverb
turned or twisted to one side
"rugs lying askew"
"with his necktie twisted awry"
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