SHANTY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SHANTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHANTY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHANTY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHANTY
No single letter turns SHANTY into another word.
How SHANTY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHANTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What stands out about SHANTY
- SHANTY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SHANTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small, roughly built hut or shack, or a rhythmic work song of the kind sung by sailors.
In its first sense a shanty is a crude little dwelling put up quickly from whatever material is at hand, and whole districts of such buildings are called shanty towns. In its second sense a shanty is a song with a solo line and a chorus, sung so that a crew could pull or heave together. The two senses are unrelated in everyday use, so the context nearly always shows which one is meant.
How SHANTY is used
Both senses are common; the song is also spelled chantey in older books.
- The family lived in a tin-roofed shanty at the edge of the field.
- He leaned the ladder against the shanty and climbed onto the roof.
- The crew sang a shanty to keep the rhythm at the ropes.
- Every shanty in the collection has a verse for the leader and a chorus for the rest.
- The old shanty came down through generations of seamen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHANTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHANTY
4 longer words begin with SHANTY.
Shorter words from the letters in SHANTY
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Common questions about SHANTY
- Is SHANTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHANTY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHANTY worth?
- SHANTY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHANTY mean?
- A small, roughly built hut or shack, or a rhythmic work song of the kind sung by sailors.
- What letters can be added to SHANTY?
- No single letter can be added to SHANTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHANTY:
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