SHALT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SHALT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHALT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHALT is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHALT
No single letter turns SHALT into another word.
How SHALT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHALT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about SHALT
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SHALT mean in Scrabble?
other
archaic
The archaic second person singular form of shall, used together with thou in older and biblical English.
A speaker who said thou shalt was addressing one person directly with the same force that shall carries in modern statements of obligation or future action. The form survives now mainly in scripture, hymns, and writing that deliberately imitates older English. Modern English collapsed shalt into the single form shall, used for every person.
How SHALT is used
Archaic; found in older texts and in quotation rather than in current speech.
- Thou shalt not steal, the old commandment reads.
- The hymn asks what thou shalt do in times of trouble.
- He wrote shalt where a modern writer would put shall.
- The line reads better with shalt than with shall.
- She copied the phrase thou shalt from the older edition.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHALT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHALT
The 5 tiles of SHALT in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SHALT
Common questions about SHALT
- Is SHALT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHALT, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHALT worth?
- SHALT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHALT mean?
- The archaic second person singular form of shall, used together with thou in older and biblical English.
- What letters can be added to SHALT?
- No single letter can be added to SHALT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHALT:
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