ASKEW
What does "ASKEW" mean?
Out of line, crooked, or tilted to one side.
Meanings
- At an angle; not straight or level. The painting hung askew after the door slammed.
- Crooked, awry, or out of proper order. His tie was askew and his hair was wild.
Did you know?
- Type 'askew' into Google and the search results page tilts visibly to one side - a deliberate Easter egg the engineers built to match the word's meaning.
Word origin
Likely from the prefix 'a-' ('on') plus 'skew' ('to turn aside'), which came through Old North French 'eskiuwer' from a Germanic root meaning 'to shy away'.
Remember it
ASKEW = A + SKEW; the word itself ends in a wonky tail of letters (-KEW) that looks a little crooked.
A little poem
One frame off by degrees-
the whole tidy wall confessed
no straight line is true.
haiku
Wordplay
- I hung the mirror askew on purpose. Now every reflection has a slightly different point of view.
What it teaches
A single thing askew makes the whole room ask what else you've been ignoring.
Quick facts
What does ASKEW mean?
Out of line, crooked, or tilted to one side.
Is ASKEW a valid word?
Yes — ASKEW is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ASKEW?
ASKEW has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ASKEW come from?
Likely from the prefix 'a-' ('on') plus 'skew' ('to turn aside'), which came through Old North French 'eskiuwer' from a Germanic root meaning 'to shy away'.
What can ASKEW teach us?
A single thing askew makes the whole room ask what else you've been ignoring.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.