skull
The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
Noun 4 meanings
The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
These bones as a symbol for death; death's-head.
The mind or brain.
A crust formed on the ladle, etc. by the partial cooling of molten metal.
Verb 3 meanings
To hit in the head with a fist, a weapon, or a thrown object.
To strike the top of (the ball).
To drink everything that remains in a glass by upending it.
Etymology
From Middle English sculle, scolle (also schulle, scholle), probably from a dialectal form of Old Norse skalli (“bald head, skull”), itself probably related to Old English sċealu (“husk”), to Proto-Norse *ᛋᚲᚨᛚᛟ (*skalo), from Proto-Germanic *skallô; compare Finnish kallo.
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SKULL at a glance
SKULL has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (S 1 + K 5 + U 1 + L 1 + L 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,085 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with skull
All rhymesOne letter away
- SKILL9
- SCULL7
- SKULK13
- STULL5
- SKELL9
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