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SHELF

5 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SHELF Means

  1. noun: a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
  2. noun: a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SHELF is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 E1 L1 F4.

Anagrams of SHELF (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In SHELF

20 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 (3)

3 letter words (10)

2 letter words (7)

Longer Words Containing SHELF

SHELF appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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