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SHLEPS

6 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SHLEPS Means

SHLEPS is a form of SHLEP, which 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

SHLEPS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 L1 E1 P3 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In SHLEPS

33 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 (4)

4 letter words (11)

3 letter words (12)

2 letter words (6)

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