Definition of SKELLY

skelly

Meanings

Plural: skellies

Noun

  • A squint.
  • A skeleton, especially a human one.
  • Alternative form of skully (“street game of flicking caps”).

Verb

  • To squint.
  • To look at

Origin / Etymology

Probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *skjelga ("to squint"; found only in the reflexive skjelgask (“to come askew; squint the eyes”)), from Proto-Germanic *skilgijaną (“to squint”), from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, *skelhwaz, *skelgaz (“slanted; sloping; squinting”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to bend; crook”). Compare Danish skele (“to squint”), Swedish skela (“to squint”), Scots skellie, scalie, skellice (“to squint; look to the side”), German schielen (“to squint”).

Scrabble Score: 13

skelly is not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
skelly is not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
skelly is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

skelly is a valid Words With Friends word