SHELVE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SHELVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHELVE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHELVE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHELVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHELVE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHELVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 282,209.
What does SHELVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To put something on a shelf, or to set a plan aside and leave it undone.
In a library, to shelve books is to put them in their proper places on the shelves. From that the verb came to mean putting a plan or proposal aside, often for a long time and sometimes for good. A third use describes ground that slopes gently downward, as when a beach shelves into the sea.
How SHELVE is used
Everyday word; the figurative sense is very common in news and business writing.
- Please shelve the returned books before closing.
- The council decided to shelve the road scheme.
- The shore will shelve steeply a few metres out.
- They had to shelve their holiday plans after the storm.
- I will shelve the idea until we have more money.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHELVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHELVE
The 6 tiles of SHELVE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SHELVE
4 longer words begin with SHELVE.
Shorter words from the letters in SHELVE
Common questions about SHELVE
- Is SHELVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHELVE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHELVE worth?
- SHELVE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHELVE mean?
- To put something on a shelf, or to set a plan aside and leave it undone.
- What letters can be added to SHELVE?
- SHELVE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHELVE:
Open SHELVE in the Word Finder