SHED is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SHED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHED?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHED is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHED
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHED scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SHED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does SHED mean in Scrabble?
verb
To let something fall away or drop off, such as leaves, skin, hair, or tears.
Animals shed fur or skin as part of natural growth cycles, and trees shed their leaves in autumn as daylight and temperature decrease. The word is also used figuratively, as when a company sheds jobs or a person sheds an old habit.
How SHED is used
Transitive verb; the past tense and past participle are both shed, unchanged.
- Snakes shed their skin several times a year.
- The dog sheds heavily during the summer months.
- Trees begin shedding their leaves as autumn arrives.
- She hoped to shed a few pounds before the race.
- The factory shed hundreds of jobs during the downturn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHED
The 4 tiles of SHED in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SHED
15 longer words begin with SHED.
Words ending in SHED
Showing 24 of 321 words that end in SHED. Useful as a back hook: play SHED onto a word already on the board.
Words with SHED inside
23 words contain SHED in the middle. Words that start with SHED are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SHED
Common questions about SHED
- Is SHED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHED, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHED worth?
- SHED is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHED mean?
- To let something fall away or drop off, such as leaves, skin, hair, or tears.
- What letters can be added to SHED?
- SHED takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SHED:
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