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Is SHELL playable in Scrabble?

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Scrabble dictionaries

Dictionary Name Region Valid
Offcl. Scrabble Pl. Dict. & Offcl. Scrabble Words SOWPODS International / UK / Australia YES
NASPA Word List 2020 NWL2020 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
NASPA Word List 2018 NWL2018 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Tournament Word List 2016 TWL16 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Tournament Word List 2014 TWL14 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Tournament Word List 2006 TWL06 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Tournament Word List 1998 TWL98 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Collins Scrabble Words 2019 CSW19 International / UK / Australia YES
Collins Scrabble Words 2015 CSW15 International / UK / Australia YES
Collins Scrabble Words 2012 CSW12 International / UK / Australia YES
Collins Scrabble Words 2007 CSW07 International / UK / Australia YES
Offcl. Scrabble Players Dictionary OSPD4 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Australian Primary Schools OWL2 Australia YES
Australian Primary Schools OWL1 Australia YES
Words With Friends 2000 ENABLE2K Worldwide YES
Words With Friends 1997 (retired) ENABLE1 Worldwide YES
Letterpress Letterpress Worldwide YES
Yet Another Word List YAWL Worldwide YES
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Scrabble points

Points

8

Letters
5
Letter score

S1H4E1L1L1

Meaning of SHELL

Definitions

Verb

shell - remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"
shell - look for and collect shells by the seashore
shell - fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled"
shell - hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
shell - use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
shell - remove the husks from; "husk corn"
shell - create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain"

Noun

shell - the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
shell - ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
shell - the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case"
shell - the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
shell - a very light narrow racing boat
shell - the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
shell - the exterior covering of a bird's egg
shell - a rigid covering that envelops an object; "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice"
shell - hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
shell - a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

Verb

Noun

  • Singular: shell
  • Plural: shells

Word frequency

SHELL is...

60% Complete
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66% Complete
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Synonyms of SHELL

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