Is SHELLS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHELLS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is SHELLS worth?

SHELLS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to SHELLS?

No single letter can be added to SHELLS to make another word.

SHELLS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points

Yes. SHELLS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.

s1h4e1l1l1s1

PlayableSHELLS · 6 letters · 9 pts Scrabble · 10 pts WWF

9points in Scrabble

10points in Words with Friends

6letters

0hooks available

1 in 1,380 thousandodds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept SHELLS?

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: 26 / 100

26WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.5

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

Our own measure of how useful SHELLS is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for SHELLS

No single letter turns SHELLS into another word.

How SHELLS scores

Scrabble s1h4e1l1l1s1 9

Words with Friends s1h3e1l2l2s1 10

Face value of the 6 tiles in SHELLS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
s	2	4
h	1	2
e	1	12
l	2	4

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.

What stands out about SHELLS

SHELLS gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
SHELLS begins and ends with the same letter.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with SHELLS

shellshock22 shellshocks23 shellshocked25

3 longer words begin with SHELLS.

Shorter words from the letters in SHELLS

hells8 shell8 sells5 hell7 sesh7 shes7 ells4 less4 sell4 sels4 ehs6 hes6 she6 ell3 els3 ess3 sel3 ses3 eh5 he5 sh5 el2 es2

Common questions about SHELLS

Is SHELLS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHELLS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is SHELLS worth?: SHELLS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to SHELLS?: No single letter can be added to SHELLS to make another word.

Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHELLS:

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