SHLOCK is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SHLOCK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHLOCK?
| 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 SHLOCK is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHLOCK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHLOCK scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHLOCK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,328 thousand.
What stands out about SHLOCK
- SHLOCK gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SHLOCK mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Cheap or inferior goods, or anything of poor quality.
The word came from Yiddish and is applied to shoddy merchandise, bad films and trashy writing alike. A critic who calls a book shlock is saying it has no merit. It is a blunt, dismissive word.
How SHLOCK is used
Informal, mainly North American; the spelling schlock is also found.
- The shop sold nothing but shlock imported by the crate.
- Critics dismissed the film as pure shlock.
- He built a fortune selling shlock to tourists.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHLOCK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHLOCK
4 longer words begin with SHLOCK.
Shorter words from the letters in SHLOCK
Common questions about SHLOCK
- Is SHLOCK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHLOCK, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHLOCK worth?
- SHLOCK is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHLOCK mean?
- Cheap or inferior goods, or anything of poor quality.
- What letters can be added to SHLOCK?
- SHLOCK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHLOCK:
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