What SHALES Means
SHALES is a form of SHALE, which means:
- noun: a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SHALES 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 L1 E1 S1.
Anagrams of SHALES (6)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In SHALES
69 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.
5 letter words (15)
4 letter words (21)
3 letter words (21)
2 letter words (12)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.