SHUNT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SHUNT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHUNT?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHUNT is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHUNT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shuntsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHUNT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHUNT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does SHUNT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To move, divert or redirect something, especially a vehicle, an electrical current or a bodily fluid, onto a different course; also used as a noun for a device or passage that carries out such a redirection, and, informally in British English, for a minor traffic collision.
Railway workers once used shunt for moving a locomotive or carriage from one track to another, and the word still describes any redirection of movement onto a side path rather than the main route. Surgeons implant a medical shunt to reroute fluid within the body, such as draining excess fluid from a child's brain or bypassing a blocked blood vessel, while electricians use a shunt resistor to divert part of an electrical current around a measuring instrument. British drivers use shunt informally and rather lightly for a minor collision, especially a low-speed bump from behind in traffic, distinct from a serious crash. Across all these fields, shunt keeps the same underlying idea of pushing something sideways off its expected course rather than stopping it outright.
How SHUNT is used
Common in railway, medical and electrical technical writing, and, informally in British English, for a minor traffic collision.
- Workers used the siding to shunt the empty carriages out of the way.
- Doctors fitted a shunt to relieve pressure inside the skull.
- The electrician wired a shunt into the circuit to protect the meter.
- Nobody was hurt in the minor shunt on the motorway.
- The train had to shunt onto a side track to let the express pass.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHUNT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHUNT
The 5 tiles of SHUNT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SHUNT
6 longer words begin with SHUNT.
Shorter words from the letters in SHUNT
Common questions about SHUNT
- Is SHUNT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHUNT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHUNT worth?
- SHUNT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHUNT mean?
- To move, divert or redirect something, especially a vehicle, an electrical current or a bodily fluid, onto a different course; also used as a noun for a device or passage that carries out such a redirection, and, informally in British English, for a minor traffic collision.
- What letters can be added to SHUNT?
- SHUNT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHUNT:
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