What SHELL Means
- noun: ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
- noun: the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
- verb: use explosives on“The enemy has been shelling us all day”
- verb: create by using explosives“blast a passage through the mountain”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SHELL 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 E1 L1 L1.
Anagrams of SHELL (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In SHELL
14 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 (2)
3 letter words (7)
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing SHELL
SHELL appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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