SHAW is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SHAW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHAW?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHAW is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHAW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHAW scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SHAW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What stands out about SHAW
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 SHAW mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
A small wood or thicket.
Shaw is dialect and survives in place names across the north and the midlands. A separate Scots shaw is the leafy top of a root vegetable, which farmers cut off before lifting the crop.
How SHAW is used
Countable: a shaw, two shaws. Dialect.
- A shaw at the corner of the field and nothing else.
- The word shaw appears in place names across the north.
- A Scots shaw is the top of a turnip.
- Two shaws either side of the lane.
- Farmers cut the shaw before lifting the crop.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHAW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHAW
The 4 tiles of SHAW in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SHAW
18 longer words begin with SHAW.
Words ending in SHAW
21 words end in SHAW. Useful as a back hook: play SHAW onto a word already on the board.
Words with SHAW inside
Showing 24 of 38 words that contain SHAW somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SHAW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SHAW
Common questions about SHAW
- Is SHAW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHAW, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHAW worth?
- SHAW is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHAW mean?
- A small wood or thicket.
- What letters can be added to SHAW?
- SHAW takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SHAW:
Open SHAW in the Word Finder