Skylab
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
The United States space station launched in 1973 and in orbit until 1979, used as an orbiting laboratory for scientific and medical experiments.
“Skylab provided valuable data on the effects of prolonged space habitation before it re-entered the atmosphere.”
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sky·lab
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Contains S, K, Y, L, A, B with K and Y together being uncommon, though as a proper noun it rarely appears in Wordle
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Worth 15 points, K scores 5, Y scores 4, B scores 3, though as a proper noun it is generally invalid in standard Scrabble
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