SHELVY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SHELVY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHELVY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHELVY is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHELVY
No single letter turns SHELVY into another word.
How SHELVY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHELVY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 776,076.
What stands out about SHELVY
- SHELVY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SHELVY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Sloping gradually, or full of sandbanks and shallow places.
Sailors used the word of coasts where the water grows shallow in a way that hides danger. A shelvy shore rises in ledges and shoals rather than falling away sharply. It is now uncommon outside poetry and old pilot books.
How SHELVY is used
Rare; used of coasts, beds and banks.
- The boat ran aground on the shelvy beach.
- They avoided the shelvy waters near the point.
- A shelvy bank led down to the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHELVY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SHELVY
Common questions about SHELVY
- Is SHELVY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHELVY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHELVY worth?
- SHELVY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHELVY mean?
- Sloping gradually, or full of sandbanks and shallow places.
- What letters can be added to SHELVY?
- No single letter can be added to SHELVY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHELVY:
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