SHELLAC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SHELLAC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHELLAC?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHELLAC is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHELLAC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHELLAC scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SHELLAC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does SHELLAC mean in Scrabble?
noun
A resin sold in thin flakes and dissolved in alcohol to make a clear varnish.
Shellac comes from a secretion of the lac insect, which is purified and then dissolved to give wood a glossy finish. Old gramophone records were also pressed from a shellac compound, which is why they are brittle.
How SHELLAC is used
Shellac is common in woodworking and furniture finishing, and as a verb it can mean to coat with that varnish.
- She brushed a thin coat of shellac over the table.
- Antique dealers can tell a shellac finish by its warm glow.
- The old record was made of shellac and broke when dropped.
- Fresh shellac dries quickly and smells of alcohol.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHELLAC and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHELLAC
8 longer words begin with SHELLAC.
Shorter words from the letters in SHELLAC
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Common questions about SHELLAC
- Is SHELLAC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHELLAC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHELLAC worth?
- SHELLAC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHELLAC mean?
- A resin sold in thin flakes and dissolved in alcohol to make a clear varnish.
- What letters can be added to SHELLAC?
- SHELLAC takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SHELLAC:
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