Word index

SHLEP

5 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SHLEP Means

  1. noun: (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person
  2. noun: a tedious or difficult journey
  3. verb: walk or tramp about
  4. verb: pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance“Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SHLEP is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 L1 E1 P3.

Anagrams of SHLEP (2)

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

Words Made From The Letters In SHLEP

23 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 (6)

3 letter words (11)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing SHLEP

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

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.