What SHAD Means
- noun: bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast
- noun: herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SHAD is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 A1 D2.
Anagrams of SHAD (3)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In SHAD
15 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
3 letter words (9)
2 letter words (6)
Longer Words Containing SHAD
SHAD appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
BESHADOWBESHADOWEDBESHADOWSEYESHADEEYESHADESEYESHADOWEYESHADOWSFORESHADOWLAMPSHADELAMPSHADESNIGHTSHADEOVERSHADEOVERSHADEDOVERSHADESOVERSHADOWPARISHADPARISHADSPASHADOMPASHADOMSSHADBERRYSHADBLOWSHADBLOWSSHADBUSHSHADBUSHESSHADCHANSHADCHANIMSHADCHANSSHADDOCKSHADDOCKSSHADESHADEDSHADELESSSHADERSHADERSSHADESSHADFLIESSHADFLYSHADIERSHADIESTSHADILY
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