SHOD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SHOD 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 SHOD?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHOD is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHOD
No single letter turns SHOD into another word.
How SHOD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SHOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 15,317.
What stands out about SHOD
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 SHOD mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Wearing shoes or boots, or fitted with a protective covering such as a horseshoe.
Shod is most often seen in compounds such as well-shod or roughshod, describing the type or quality of footwear a person or animal has on. It functions as the irregular past participle of shoe when used as a plain adjective before or after a noun.
How SHOD is used
Adjective, often used after a linking verb, as in the horse was newly shod.
- The travelers were well shod for the mountain trail.
- A newly shod horse trotted confidently across the yard.
- He walked barefoot while his brother remained shod.
- The soldiers were properly shod for the long, cold march.
- The farrier checked that every hoof was properly shod.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHOD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHOD
The 4 tiles of SHOD in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SHOD
10 longer words begin with SHOD.
Words ending in SHOD
6 words end in SHOD. Useful as a back hook: play SHOD onto a word already on the board.
Words with SHOD inside
3 words contain SHOD in the middle. Words that start with SHOD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SHOD
Common questions about SHOD
- Is SHOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHOD, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHOD worth?
- SHOD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHOD mean?
- Wearing shoes or boots, or fitted with a protective covering such as a horseshoe.
- What letters can be added to SHOD?
- No single letter can be added to SHOD to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SHOD:
Open SHOD in the Word Finder