Is SHIRKS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHIRKS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is SHIRKS worth?

SHIRKS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to SHIRKS?

No single letter can be added to SHIRKS to make another word.

SHIRKS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points

Yes. SHIRKS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.

s1h4i1r1k5s1

PlayableSHIRKS · 6 letters · 13 pts Scrabble · 12 pts WWF

13points in Scrabble

12points in Words with Friends

6letters

0hooks available

1 in 1,840 thousandodds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept SHIRKS?

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: 30 / 100

30WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.17

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.33%

Our own measure of how useful SHIRKS is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for SHIRKS

No single letter turns SHIRKS into another word.

How SHIRKS scores

Scrabble s1h4i1r1k5s1 13

Words with Friends s1h3i1r1k5s1 12

Face value of the 6 tiles in SHIRKS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
s	2	4
h	1	2
i	1	9
r	1	6
k	1	1

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,840 thousand.

What stands out about SHIRKS

SHIRKS gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
SHIRKS begins and ends with the same letter.

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

Shorter words from the letters in SHIRKS

shirk12 risks9 shirs8 shris8 khis11 kish11 irks8 kirs8 kiss8 kris8 risk8 skis8 hiss7 shir7 shri7 sirs4 sris4 khi10 irk7 kir7 kis7 sik7 ski7 his6 ish6 shi6 sir3 sis3 sri3 ki6 hi5 sh5 is2 si2

Common questions about SHIRKS

Is SHIRKS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHIRKS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is SHIRKS worth?: SHIRKS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to SHIRKS?: No single letter can be added to SHIRKS to make another word.

Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHIRKS:

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