Possible Words From shovel
By length, the words from SHOVEL split into 2 with 6 letters, 12 with 5, 20 with 4, 21 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
6 Letter Words You Can Make with shovel
2 words · top score 12 · everyday: SHOVEL
2 6-letter words made with SHOVEL letters use every letter: SHOVEL and its 1 anagram HOVELS, all with 12 points.
5 Letter Words You Can Make with shovel
12 words · top score 11 · everyday: SOLVE, LOVES, HOLES
The 5-letter words in SHOVEL are led by HOVEL, HOVES and SHOVE, 11 points each. SOLVE, LOVES and HOLES are the familiar ones.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with shovel
20 words · top score 10 · everyday: LOVE, HOLE, LOSE
HOVE scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHOVEL at 10 points, ahead of EVOS and HELO on 7. LOVE, HOLE and LOSE are the ones most people know.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with shovel
21 words · top score 6 · everyday: HOE
14 of 21 3-letter words from SHOVEL tie at 6 points; none scores more. HOE will look familiar.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with shovel
11 words · top score 5 · everyday: HE, SO, OH
Of the 11 2-letter words you get when you unscramble SHOVEL, 5 score 5 points, the group's best. HE, SO and OH are the ones most people know.
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Neighbor Words of SHOVEL
Trade one tile of SHOVEL for another and you can spell these 6 words:
- H R gives LOVERS · words from lovers
- H A gives LOAVES · unscramble loaves
- H W gives WOLVES · words from wolves
- H D gives SOLVED · unscramble solved
- H G gives GLOVES · words from gloves
- L D gives SHOVED · words from shoved
More 6-letter words: starting with SH · ending in EL · all 6-letter words
What the Best SHOVEL Words Mean
What SHOVEL means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
- SHOVEL 12 · 13
- to take up with a digging implement
- HOVELS 12 · 13
- to live in a small, miserable dwelling
- HOVEL 11 · 12
- to live in a small, miserable dwelling
- SHOVE 11 · 11
- to push roughly
- HOVE 10 · 10
- to lift forcefully
- HELOS 8 · 8
- a helicopter
- HOLES 8 · 8
- to make a cavity in a solid
- HOSEL 8 · 8
- a part of a golf club
Can You Play SHOVEL in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHOVEL, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHOVEL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 66) | 54 | 66 | 49 |
* US: NWL2023. UK: Collins CSW24. Words With Friends' list can change.
12 of the 66 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOVES, OVELS, SLOVE, EVOS, LOSH, OVEL, VOLS, EHS, EVO, SOV, VOL and LOS. 5 of the 66 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LEVS, HOS, SEV, SHO and SOH.
Unscramble SHOVEL to get 66 words. SHOVEL itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. SHOVEL has 1 anagram here, HOVELS, scoring 12 like SHOVEL itself. SHOVE, HOVEL and HOVES are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 6 letters split into 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
Longer Words Built on SHOVEL
With one more tile, the letters of SHOVEL spell the words below.