Definition of STARKERS

starkers

Adjective Satellite

  • (British informal) stark naked

Adj

  • Completely nude.
  • Stark raving mad.

Adjective

  • Completely naked or bare.

Examples

  • Entering the bathroom, I found Bill there, still starkers after his bath.
  • The opponent’s rack was starkers, devoid of any playable consonants.

Origin / Etymology

* "naked": British slang, from 1923, combining (like a popular etymology) two meanings of stark (“strong, utterly; barren”) with stark naked, which is from Old English steort (“tail”), referring to the tail-end (as in butt-naked).
* "crazy": stark (“shortening of stark raving mad”) + -ers

Synonyms

nude

Antonyms

dressed

Scrabble Score: 12

starkers: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
starkers: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
starkers: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

starkers: valid Words With Friends Word