SHANTYMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SHANTYMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHANTYMAN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHANTYMAN is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHANTYMAN
No single letter turns SHANTYMAN into another word.
How SHANTYMAN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SHANTYMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SHANTYMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SHANTYMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A lumberjack who lived in a camp shanty, or the lead singer of sea shanties.
In the old logging camps a shantyman was simply a man who worked and lived in the woods. In sailing tradition the shantyman led the singing while the crew hauled on the ropes.
How SHANTYMAN is used
Shantyman is found in accounts of logging history and of working songs.
- The shantyman called out the first line of the song.
- Every winter the shantyman headed into the camps.
- A famous shantyman taught the crew a new chorus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHANTYMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SHANTYMAN
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Common questions about SHANTYMAN
- Is SHANTYMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHANTYMAN, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHANTYMAN worth?
- SHANTYMAN is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHANTYMAN mean?
- A lumberjack who lived in a camp shanty, or the lead singer of sea shanties.
- What letters can be added to SHANTYMAN?
- No single letter can be added to SHANTYMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SHANTYMAN:
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