SHIRE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SHIRE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHIRE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHIRE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHIRE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHIRE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHIRE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about SHIRE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SHIRE mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A county, especially a traditional rural county in England, often associated with agriculture and countryside life.
A shire was originally a district administered by a sheriff on behalf of the crown, and the word survives today mainly as the ending of county names such as Yorkshire and Hampshire, or on its own for the rural counties of the English Midlands. People sometimes use the shires collectively to describe traditional, conservative rural England, in contrast to the cities. A heavy breed of draft horse is also known by the name shire, after the region where it was originally bred.
How SHIRE is used
Chiefly British term, common in county names and in references to rural English life.
- They retired to a quiet shire outside London.
- The county was once known simply as the shire.
- A team of shire horses pulled the heavy plow.
- Life in the shire moved at a much slower pace.
- The old shire courts settled disputes among local landowners.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHIRE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHIRE
The 5 tiles of SHIRE in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with SHIRE
6 longer words begin with SHIRE.
Words ending in SHIRE
2 words end in SHIRE. Useful as a back hook: play SHIRE onto a word already on the board.
Words with SHIRE inside
1 words contain SHIRE in the middle. Words that start with SHIRE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SHIRE
Common questions about SHIRE
- Is SHIRE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHIRE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHIRE worth?
- SHIRE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHIRE mean?
- A county, especially a traditional rural county in England, often associated with agriculture and countryside life.
- What letters can be added to SHIRE?
- SHIRE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHIRE:
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