Skutnik
noun
Skutnik is spelled S-K-U-T-N-I-K: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Skutnik means “A guest at the State of the Union address or a similar political event” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Skutnik is Skutniks.
How many letters and syllables are in Skutnik?
| Letters | 7: S-K-U-T-N-I-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 98 million words; the 317,168th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Skutnik?
Skutnik appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of Skutnik
- Skutniks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Skutnik mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USA guest at the State of the Union address or a similar political event.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Skutnik come from?
The name is thought to derive from Romanian scuti (“to absolve”); compare Romanian Scutelnici. The common noun comes from Martin Leonard Skutnik III, a guest at the 1982 State of the Union address; see quotations below.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).