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
Pronunciation
/skaɪ/

Definition of skye

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (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

  1. (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”
  2. A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, or a fanciful spelling of the word sky.
  3. A community in The Nation municipality, United Counties of Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada.
  4. An eastern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Burnside, South Australia.
  5. A southern suburb of Melbourne in the City of Frankston, Victoria, Australia.

noun

  1. A Skye terrier.
    “In fact, few drop-eared Skyes are being exhibited and none of the present top winners has them.”
  2. (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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