SHILL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SHILL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHILL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHILL is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHILL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shillsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHILL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does SHILL mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A person who poses as an enthusiastic, independent customer or bidder while secretly working for the seller to encourage others to buy or bid.
A shill mixes into a crowd at an auction, market stall, or promotional event and pretends to have no connection to the seller, using fake enthusiasm to pressure real customers into spending money. Casinos, street vendors, and online marketing schemes have all been accused of using a shill to create a false sense of demand. The word can also work as a verb, as when a celebrity is paid to shill a product without admitting the arrangement.
How SHILL is used
Informal term, common in discussions of scams, marketing, and dishonest sales tactics.
- The gambler turned out to be a shill working for the casino.
- Reviewers suspected the enthusiastic buyer was really a shill.
- He was paid to shill the new energy drink on social media.
- The auctioneer used a shill to drive up the bidding.
- Regulators fined the company for hiring shills to praise its product.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHILL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHILL
The 5 tiles of SHILL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SHILL
23 longer words begin with SHILL.
Shorter words from the letters in SHILL
Common questions about SHILL
- Is SHILL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHILL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHILL worth?
- SHILL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHILL mean?
- A person who poses as an enthusiastic, independent customer or bidder while secretly working for the seller to encourage others to buy or bid.
- What letters can be added to SHILL?
- SHILL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHILL:
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