skin: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with S · ends with N
Meaning of skin
noun
- uncountable
The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
Example: He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
- uncountable
The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
- countable
The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
- countable
A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
Example: In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it.
Listed forms: skins, skinne.
Source: Wiktionary — skin.
verb
- transitive
To injure the skin of.
Example: He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
- transitive
To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
- colloquial
To high five.
- colloquial, transitive
To apply a skin to (a computer program).
Example: Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?
Listed forms: skins, skinning, skinned, skinne.
Source: Wiktionary — skin.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for skin.
noun
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
noun
body covering of a living animal
noun
a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent
noun
a person whose head is bald or shaved
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is skin in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of skin
S(1) + K(5) + I(1) + N(1) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of skin
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from skin
9 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in skin. Showing up to 24, longest first.