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SHOVES

6 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SHOVES Means

SHOVES is a form of SHOVE, which means:

  1. verb: come into rough contact with while moving“The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train”
  2. verb: push roughly“the people pushed and shoved to get in line”
  3. noun: the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)“he gave the door a shove”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SHOVES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 O1 V4 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In SHOVES

39 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 (12)

3 letter words (14)

2 letter words (9)

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