SHEKEL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SHEKEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHEKEL?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHEKEL is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHEKEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shekelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHEKEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHEKEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 564,419.
What does SHEKEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
The basic unit of money in modern Israel, or an ancient coin and weight of the Near East.
Prices in Israeli shops are quoted in shekels, each split into a hundred smaller agorot. The name is far older than the modern state, since the shekel first measured a weight of silver in the ancient Near East and later became a coin, and translations of ancient texts mention it often. Speakers also use the word jokingly for cash in general.
How SHEKEL is used
Used for the current Israeli currency, in historical writing about ancient coinage, and jokingly for cash.
- The taxi fare came to forty shekel in the end, and I paid it with a note.
- She exchanged her dollars for a handful of shekel coins at the airport.
- The scholar weighed the small silver shekel against the one in the museum case.
- A shekel for your thoughts, he said with a grin.
- Prices in the market were all written in shekel, not in dollars.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHEKEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHEKEL
2 longer words begin with SHEKEL.
Shorter words from the letters in SHEKEL
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Common questions about SHEKEL
- Is SHEKEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHEKEL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHEKEL worth?
- SHEKEL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHEKEL mean?
- The basic unit of money in modern Israel, or an ancient coin and weight of the Near East.
- What letters can be added to SHEKEL?
- SHEKEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHEKEL:
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