What SHELLS Means
SHELLS is a form of SHELL, which 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
SHELLS 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 E1 L1 L1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In SHELLS
22 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 (3)
4 letter words (6)
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (5)
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