skittish

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

Adj

Easily scared or startled; timid.
Wanton; changeable; fickle.
Difficult to manage; tricky.

Origin / Etymology

Probably from skite (“to move lightly and hurriedly; to move suddenly, particularly in an oblique direction (Scotland, Northern England)”) + -ish; compare skitter.

Synonyms

flighty, jumpy, nervous, skitterish, skittery, spookish, spooky, squirrelly

Scrabble Score: 15

skittish is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
skittish is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
skittish is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

skittish is a valid Words With Friends word