SHTETL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SHTETL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHTETL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHTETL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHTETL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shtetlsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHTETL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHTETL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 206,954.
What stands out about SHTETL
- SHTETL 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 SHTETL mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A small Jewish town or village in Eastern Europe, as it existed before the Second World War.
The shtetl was the setting of daily life for many Yiddish-speaking Jewish families in Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania and neighbouring lands, centred on a market, a synagogue and a close community. The word is Yiddish and means little town. Fiction and memoir about this vanished world, including the musical Fiddler on the Roof, keep the word familiar.
How SHTETL is used
Historical; used in writing about Jewish history and culture.
- His grandparents grew up in a shtetl near Vilnius.
- The novel describes market day in a shtetl.
- Few people lived in the shtetl by the end of the war.
- A museum exhibit recreates life in a shtetl.
- The shtetl had one synagogue and a muddy square.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHTETL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHTETL
2 longer words begin with SHTETL.
Shorter words from the letters in SHTETL
Common questions about SHTETL
- Is SHTETL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHTETL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHTETL worth?
- SHTETL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHTETL mean?
- A small Jewish town or village in Eastern Europe, as it existed before the Second World War.
- What letters can be added to SHTETL?
- SHTETL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHTETL:
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