SHELL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SHELL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHELL?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHELL is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHELL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHELL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHELL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does SHELL mean in Scrabble?
noun
The hard outer covering that protects an animal such as a mollusc, turtle, or egg.
A shell grows from materials the animal itself produces, forming a rigid case that shields softer body parts from predators and the environment. Turtles carry their shell as a permanent part of their skeleton, while a snail can be separated entirely from its shell, since the shell surrounds rather than replaces the living tissue. The word extended naturally to anything shaped like this kind of covering, including an explosive artillery shell and the unfinished frame of a building called a shell.
How SHELL is used
Common noun with several extended senses, including explosive ammunition and an unfinished building structure.
- The child collected shells along the beach all afternoon.
- A turtle can pull its head inside its shell for protection.
- The old chicken egg had a surprisingly thin shell.
- Soldiers took cover as a shell exploded nearby.
- Only the shell of the burned house remained standing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHELL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHELL
The 5 tiles of SHELL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SHELL
Showing 24 of 47 words that begin with SHELL.
Words ending in SHELL
19 words end in SHELL. Useful as a back hook: play SHELL onto a word already on the board.
Words with SHELL inside
Showing 24 of 29 words that contain SHELL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SHELL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SHELL
Common questions about SHELL
- Is SHELL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHELL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHELL worth?
- SHELL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHELL mean?
- The hard outer covering that protects an animal such as a mollusc, turtle, or egg.
- What letters can be added to SHELL?
- SHELL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHELL:
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