SHUTTLE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SHUTTLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHUTTLE?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHUTTLE is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHUTTLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHUTTLE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SHUTTLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 694,773.
What does SHUTTLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A vehicle that runs back and forth regularly between two or more places.
Weavers know a shuttle as the pointed tool that carries the weft thread across the loom. The transport sense spread from that idea of constant to-and-fro movement. Space shuttles and airport buses both took the name for the same reason.
How SHUTTLE is used
Used for short regular transport links, for weaving tools, and for spacecraft.
- A free shuttle runs from the hotel to the airport.
- The weaver passed the wooden shuttle through the threads.
- They watched the shuttle lift off at dawn.
- Diplomats had to shuttle between the two capitals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHUTTLE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHUTTLE
10 longer words begin with SHUTTLE.
Shorter words from the letters in SHUTTLE
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Common questions about SHUTTLE
- Is SHUTTLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHUTTLE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHUTTLE worth?
- SHUTTLE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHUTTLE mean?
- A vehicle that runs back and forth regularly between two or more places.
- What letters can be added to SHUTTLE?
- SHUTTLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SHUTTLE:
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