SHOOT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SHOOT 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 SHOOT?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHOOT is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHOOT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shootsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHOOT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHOOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 56,018.
What stands out about SHOOT
- The same 5 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 SHOOT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To fire a weapon or propel a projectile forcefully at a target, or to move with sudden speed; also used as a noun for a new, young growth on a plant, or for an organised photography or filming session.
A hunter who shoots a rifle sends a bullet toward a target with force, and the same verb describes a basketball player who takes aim at the hoop or a driver who watches pain shoot down an injured leg. Gardeners use the noun quite differently, calling the tender new growth that emerges from a plant's stem or root a shoot, a sense with nothing to do with weapons at all. Photographers and filmmakers borrowed the verb once more, so a fashion magazine schedules a shoot and a director calls to shoot the next scene, describing the session of taking pictures or film rather than firing anything. The word's three main strands, weapons, plant growth and image-making, now sit comfortably side by side in everyday English.
How SHOOT is used
Extremely common across hunting and sport, plant biology, and photography or film production.
- The hunter raised his rifle and prepared to shoot.
- A green shoot pushed up through the soil after the rain.
- The magazine scheduled a shoot for its spring cover.
- Pain seemed to shoot down her arm after the fall.
- He watched the ball shoot toward the hoop in a perfect arc.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHOOT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHOOT
The 5 tiles of SHOOT in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SHOOT
16 longer words begin with SHOOT.
Words ending in SHOOT
12 words end in SHOOT. Useful as a back hook: play SHOOT onto a word already on the board.
Words with SHOOT inside
Showing 24 of 38 words that contain SHOOT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SHOOT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SHOOT
Common questions about SHOOT
- Is SHOOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHOOT, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHOOT worth?
- SHOOT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHOOT mean?
- To fire a weapon or propel a projectile forcefully at a target, or to move with sudden speed; also used as a noun for a new, young growth on a plant, or for an organised photography or filming session.
- What letters can be added to SHOOT?
- SHOOT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHOOT:
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