SHEA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SHEA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHEA?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHEA is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHEA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHEA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SHEA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does SHEA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
An African tree whose seeds are pressed to make a fat used in food and skin care.
Shea grows wild across savanna regions from Senegal to South Sudan, and is often valued by local communities as a long-lived source of food and income. Its nuts have been processed for centuries into a pale butter used for moisturizing and in traditional dishes.
How SHEA is used
Refers to the tree itself, not only to the butter pressed from its nuts.
- The shea tree can live for two centuries in the savanna.
- Farmers gather ripe shea nuts by hand each rainy season.
- Several sheas stood at the edge of the village clearing.
- The oil pressed from shea kernels rarely spoils quickly.
- Traders in the region have sold shea produce for generations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHEA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHEA
The 4 tiles of SHEA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SHEA
Showing 24 of 55 words that begin with SHEA.
Words with SHEA inside
Showing 24 of 48 words that contain SHEA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SHEA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SHEA
Common questions about SHEA
- Is SHEA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHEA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHEA worth?
- SHEA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHEA mean?
- An African tree whose seeds are pressed to make a fat used in food and skin care.
- What letters can be added to SHEA?
- SHEA takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SHEA:
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