SHHH is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 13 points
Yes for Scrabble. SHHH is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept SHHH?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHHH is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHHH
No single letter turns SHHH into another word.
How SHHH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SHHH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 3 | 2 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. SHHH needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about SHHH
- SHHH has no vowel at all, not even a Y — one of 10 such words at 4 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SHHH mean in Scrabble?
interjection
A sound used to ask for quiet.
Shhh is one of very few sounds understood the same way across unrelated languages, which is remarkable for something that is not really a word. Whether that is because it imitates a whisper or simply because it is loud without being speech has never been settled.
How SHHH is used
Stands alone. The number of letters varies.
- Shhh, said the whole row at once.
- The word shhh contains no vowel.
- A shhh from a librarian carries more weight than a notice.
- Dictionaries list shhh at several lengths.
- Two shhhs and the room finally settled.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHHH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SHHH
Common questions about SHHH
- Is SHHH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SHHH is not in it.
- How many points is SHHH worth?
- SHHH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHHH mean?
- A sound used to ask for quiet.
- What letters can be added to SHHH?
- No single letter can be added to SHHH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SHHH:
Open SHHH in the Word Finder