SHILLYSHALLIER is valid in Collins, not in North America — 23 points

It depends on the list you play by. SHILLYSHALLIER is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 23 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.

Which word lists accept SHILLYSHALLIER?

Word power: 31 / 100

Our own measure of how useful SHILLYSHALLIER is to know. It scores 23 from 14 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for SHILLYSHALLIER

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How SHILLYSHALLIER scores

Face value of the 14 tiles in SHILLYSHALLIER, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SHILLYSHALLIER has to be built on the board across turns.

What stands out about SHILLYSHALLIER

• The letter L appears four times in SHILLYSHALLIER.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with SHILLYSHALLIER

1 longer words begin with SHILLYSHALLIER.

Shorter words from the letters in SHILLYSHALLIER

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Common questions about SHILLYSHALLIER

Is SHILLYSHALLIER valid in Words with Friends?

No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SHILLYSHALLIER is not in it.

How many points is SHILLYSHALLIER worth?

SHILLYSHALLIER is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to SHILLYSHALLIER?

SHILLYSHALLIER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.