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SHIELD

6 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SHIELD Means

  1. noun: a protective covering or structure
  2. noun: armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
  3. verb: protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
  4. verb: hold back a thought or feeling about“She is harboring a grudge against him”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SHIELD is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 I1 E1 L1 D2.

Anagrams of SHIELD (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In SHIELD

91 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 (17)

4 letter words (35)

3 letter words (26)

2 letter words (13)

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