Skelter

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away or off.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To rush; hurry; dash along. Compare helter-skelter.
  • Word Usage
    "He blamed Skinner for his etymology for helter-skelter from the Anglo-Saxon words for the darkness of hell: "Hell, says he, being a place of confusion.""
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hurry    scurry    rus   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    belter    felter    helter    kelter    shelter    smelter    swelter    welter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts