What SHIFTER Means
- noun: a stagehand responsible for moving scenery
- noun: a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears“in Britain they call a gearshift a ‘gear lever’”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SHIFTER is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 I1 F4 T1 E1 R1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 63 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In SHIFTER
183 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.
6 letter words (14)
5 letter words (44)
FEISTFIERSFIESTFIRESFIRSTFIRTHFREITFRESHFRETSFRIESFRISEFRISTFRITHFRITSHEFTSHEIRSHEISTHIRESITHERREFITREIFSREISTRESITRHIESRIFTERIFTSRITESSEHRISERIFSHIERSHIFTSHIRESHIRTSIETHSITHESTIRETEHRSTERFSTHEIRTHIEFTIERSTIRESTREIFTRIES
4 letter words (64)
EFTSEISHERSTETHSFEHSFEISFESTFETSFIERFIREFIRSFISHFISTFITSFRETFRISFRITHEFTHEIRHERSHESTHETSHIESHIREHISTHITSIRESREFSREFTREHSREIFREISRESHRESTRETSRIFERIFSRIFTRISERITERITSSEIFSEIRSERFSHETSHIRSHRISIFTSIRESITESITHSTIESTIRTEFSTEHRTERFTHIRTHISTIERTIESTIRETREFTRESTRIE
3 letter words (44)
EFSEFTEHSERFERSESTETHFEHFERFESFETFIEFIRFITHERHESHETHIEHISHITIFSIREISHITSREFREHREIRESRETRIFRITSEISERSETSHESIFSIRSITSRITEFTESTHETIETIS
2 letter words (17)
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