Definition of skins

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• skins is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
• skins is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
• skins is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of skins

• 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)

  Synonyms

  1. skinhead
• climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. clamber
  2. scramble
  3. shin
  4. shinny
  5. sputter
  6. struggle
• remove the bark of a tree (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. bark
• the rind of a fruit or vegetable (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. peel
• strip the skin off (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. pare
  2. peel
• a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch (noun)

  Examples

  1. your skin is the largest organ of your body

  Synonyms

  1. cutis
  2. tegument
• body covering of a living animal (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. hide
  2. pelt
• bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of (verb)

  Examples

  1. The boy skinned his knee when he fell

  Synonyms

  1. scrape
• a person whose head is bald or shaved (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. baldhead
  2. baldpate
  3. baldy
  4. skinhead
• a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal (noun)
• an outer surface (usually thin) (noun)

  Examples

  1. the skin of an airplane
• a person's skin regarded as their life (noun)

  Examples

  1. he tried to save his skin

See definition of skins in Merriam Webster