What SHADE Means
- noun: relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body“it is much cooler in the shade”
- noun: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color“after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted”
- verb: cast a shadow over
- verb: represent the effect of shade or shadow on
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SHADE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 A1 D2 E1.
Anagrams of SHADE (5)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In SHADE
47 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.
4 letter words (14)
3 letter words (20)
2 letter words (13)
Longer Words Containing SHADE
SHADE appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.