Definition of skunk

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • skunk is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
  • skunk is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
  • skunk is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 15

Definition of skunk


  • American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. polecat
    2. wood pussy
  • a defeat in a game where one side fails to score (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. shutout
  • a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. bum
    2. crumb
    3. dirty dog
    4. git
    5. lowlife
    6. puke
    7. rat
    8. rotter
    9. scum bag
    10. so-and-so
    11. stinker
    12. stinkpot
  • street names for marijuana (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. dope
    2. gage
    3. grass
    4. green goddess
    5. locoweed
    6. mary jane
    7. pot
    8. sens
    9. sess
    10. smoke
    11. weed
  • defeat by a lurch (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. lurch

See definition of skunk in Merriam Webster