skye
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 4
Definition of skye
7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of Isle of Skye, a large island in Scotland.
“I would like to climb high in a tree / I could be happy, I could be happy / Or go to Skye on my holiday”
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name
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of Isle of Skye, a large island in Scotland.
“I would like to climb high in a tree / I could be happy, I could be happy / Or go to Skye on my holiday”
- A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, or a fanciful spelling of the word sky.
- A community in The Nation municipality, United Counties of Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada.
- An eastern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Burnside, South Australia.
- A southern suburb of Melbourne in the City of Frankston, Victoria, Australia.
noun
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A Skye terrier.
“In fact, few drop-eared Skyes are being exhibited and none of the present top winners has them.”
- (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of sky.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Derived from Scottish Gaelic An t-Eilean Sgitheanach, of long disputed (probably non-Indo-European substrate) origin, with several theories proposed and none widely accepted; see Etymology of Skye.
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