The answer key to the "How would you describe a dead skunk," is a word that will be formed through the cancellations of letters given. And the word is Extinct. The letters D, S, A, D, N, O, S, T, A, I, and E should be crossed out so that the letters that will be left are E, X, T, I, N, C, and T. Those have the following answers: 29.3 yd, 13.2 m, 16.7 inc., 6.1 mi, 42.5 ft, 14.4 ft, and 129.8 ft.