SHH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SHH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHH?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHH is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shhhChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How SHH scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SHH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,425.
What stands out about SHH
- SHH has no vowel at all, not even a Y — one of 19 such words at 3 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SHH mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
A sound made to ask for quiet.
Shh is one of very few English words with no vowel in it at all, and it works because the sound carries across a room better than a word would. The number of letters is not fixed either: two is an instruction and five is a plea.
How SHH is used
Stands alone. Also spelled sh and shhh.
- Shh, the baby has only just gone down.
- Somebody said shh and the whole row went quiet.
- A long shh is a request and a short one is an order.
- The word shh has no vowel and needs none.
- She said shh twice and gave up.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHH
1 longer words begin with SHH.
Words with SHH inside
11 words contain SHH in the middle. Words that start with SHH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SHH
Common questions about SHH
- Is SHH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHH, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHH worth?
- SHH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHH mean?
- A sound made to ask for quiet.
- What letters can be added to SHH?
- SHH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SHH:
Open SHH in the Word Finder