SHAPEN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SHAPEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHAPEN?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHAPEN is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHAPEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shapensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHAPEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHAPEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does SHAPEN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Having been given a form or outline; formed in a certain way.
Shapen is an old past form of shape, and it now lives mainly in poetry, in older English and in compounds such as ill-shapen. Writers of earlier centuries could say that a thing was shapen to a purpose, where a modern speaker would say shaped. Its Germanic root also gave the word misshapen, which is still in ordinary use.
How SHAPEN is used
Archaic or poetic; common today only in ill-shapen and similar compounds.
- The vase was fairly shapen by an unknown hand.
- An ill-shapen cottage leaned against the hill.
- Her speech was shapen to please the crowd.
- The old poet wrote of a world shapen from the dark.
- He stared at the shapen stone as if it might speak.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHAPEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHAPEN
3 longer words begin with SHAPEN.
Shorter words from the letters in SHAPEN
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Common questions about SHAPEN
- Is SHAPEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHAPEN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHAPEN worth?
- SHAPEN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHAPEN mean?
- Having been given a form or outline; formed in a certain way.
- What letters can be added to SHAPEN?
- SHAPEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHAPEN:
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