skein

skein is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 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 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot.
2. noun. A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
3. noun. A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like).
4. noun. coils of worsted yarn

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in skein:

kines

Common word forms

skeins, skeined, skeiner, skeining

Words from these letters

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