skull
Plural: skulls
Noun
- The bony framework of the head in vertebrates.
- the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
- 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.
- The crown of the headpiece in armour.
- A shallow bow-handled basket.
- The head or master of a college.
- Obsolete form of school (“a multitude”).
Verb
- 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.
Examples
- Thinking too hard in Scrabble often makes my SKULL feel like it’s expanding.
Origin / 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”). Compare Scots scull, Danish skal (“skull”) and skalle (“bald head, skull”), Norwegian skalle, Swedish skalle and especially dialectal Swedish skulle.
Alternatively, perhaps from Old Norse skoltr, skolptr (“muzzle, snout”), akin to Icelandic skoltur (“jaw”), dialectal Swedish skult, skulle (“dome, crown of the head, skull”), Middle Dutch scolle, scholle, Middle Low German scholle, schulle (“clod, sod”), and Scots skult, skolt. Compare also Old High German sciula, skiula (“skull”).
Scrabble Score: 9
skull: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordskull: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
skull: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary