SHELTY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SHELTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHELTY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHELTY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHELTY
No single letter turns SHELTY into another word.
How SHELTY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHELTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What stands out about SHELTY
- SHELTY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SHELTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A Shetland pony, or a Shetland sheepdog.
Shelty is a shortened, affectionate name taken from Shetland, and it can mean either the small shaggy pony or the small herding dog. Which animal is meant depends on the surrounding text, and in practice pony breeders and dog owners each have their own habit. The longer spelling sheltie is the commoner form.
How SHELTY is used
Informal, spoken among animal keepers; sheltie is the more usual spelling.
- The children rode a shelty round the paddock.
- Her shelty barked at every visitor to the farm.
- A shelty is small enough to be led by a child.
- He bought a shelty from a breeder in the north.
- The shelty trotted beside the sheep without being told.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHELTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHELTY
The 6 tiles of SHELTY in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SHELTY
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Common questions about SHELTY
- Is SHELTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHELTY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHELTY worth?
- SHELTY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHELTY mean?
- A Shetland pony, or a Shetland sheepdog.
- What letters can be added to SHELTY?
- No single letter can be added to SHELTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHELTY:
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