SHLEP is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SHLEP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHLEP?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHLEP is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHLEP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHLEP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHLEP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What stands out about SHLEP
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 SHLEP mean in Scrabble?
verb
informalNorth American
To carry, drag or haul something heavy or awkward, often over a long or tiresome distance; also, a tedious journey.
To shlep something means to lug it around with effort, usually because it is heavy, bulky or simply inconvenient to carry, and the word often carries a note of complaint about the trouble involved. It comes from Yiddish schlepn, meaning to drag, and entered American English through Yiddish-speaking immigrant communities before spreading into general informal use. As a noun, a shlep can also mean the tiring journey itself, as in a long shlep across town. Spelling varies between shlep and schlep, with both forms common in casual writing.
How SHLEP is used
Informal, chiefly North American; used about the effort of carrying something or making an inconvenient journey.
- He had to shlep his suitcase up four flights of stairs.
- She complained about having to shlep groceries home on the bus.
- It was a long shlep from the parking lot to the stadium entrance.
- They shlepped the boxes across town in the rain.
- Nobody wanted to shlep the extra equipment to the far field.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHLEP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHLEP
The 5 tiles of SHLEP in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SHLEP
10 longer words begin with SHLEP.
Shorter words from the letters in SHLEP
Common questions about SHLEP
- Is SHLEP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHLEP, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHLEP worth?
- SHLEP is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHLEP mean?
- To carry, drag or haul something heavy or awkward, often over a long or tiresome distance; also, a tedious journey.
- What letters can be added to SHLEP?
- SHLEP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHLEP:
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