SHOPGIRL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SHOPGIRL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHOPGIRL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHOPGIRL is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHOPGIRL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shopgirlsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHOPGIRL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SHOPGIRL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SHOPGIRL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SHOPGIRL
- All 8 letters of SHOPGIRL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SHOPGIRL mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A young woman who works behind the counter of a shop.
The shopgirl turns up often in older novels and films about city life in the early twentieth century. Modern writers prefer shop assistant, which sounds less dated.
How SHOPGIRL is used
Old-fashioned; found in historical fiction and period descriptions.
- The shopgirl wrapped the gloves in tissue paper.
- In the novel, a shopgirl falls in love with a customer.
- Her mother had once been a shopgirl in a department store.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHOPGIRL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHOPGIRL
1 longer words begin with SHOPGIRL.
Shorter words from the letters in SHOPGIRL
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Common questions about SHOPGIRL
- Is SHOPGIRL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHOPGIRL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHOPGIRL worth?
- SHOPGIRL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHOPGIRL mean?
- A young woman who works behind the counter of a shop.
- What letters can be added to SHOPGIRL?
- SHOPGIRL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SHOPGIRL:
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