Possible Words From shovels
Counting the words from SHOVELS by length: 1 with 7 letters, 6 with 6, 19 with 5, 31 with 4, 23 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
7 Letter Words You Can Make with shovels
1 word · top score 13 (+50 for all 7 tiles)
- shovels13
6 Letter Words You Can Make with shovels
6 words · top score 12 · everyday: SOLVES, SHOVEL
The 6-letter words made with SHOVELS letters are led by HOVELS, SHOVEL and SHOVES, 12 points each. SOLVES is the familiar one.
5 Letter Words You Can Make with shovels
19 words · top score 11 · everyday: SHOES, SOLVE, LOVES
HOVEL, HOVES and SHOVE share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words in SHOVELS. SHOES, SOLVE and LOVES are the ones most people know.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with shovels
31 words · top score 10 · everyday: LOVE, LESS, LOSS
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHOVELS, HOVE leads with 10 points, then EVOS and HELO on 7. LOVE, LESS and LOSS are the familiar ones.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with shovels
23 words · top score 6 · everyday: HOE
23 3-letter words from SHOVELS; 14 of them share the top score of 6. HOE is an everyday pick.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with shovels
11 words · top score 5 · everyday: HE, SO, OH
Of the 11 2-letter words from SHOVELS, 5 score 5 points, the group's best. HE, SO and OH are the ones most people know.
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SHOVELS With One Letter Changed
Trade one tile of SHOVELS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
- O E gives SHELVES · unscramble shelves
- V T gives HOSTELS · unscramble hostels
- V D gives SLOSHED · unscramble sloshed
- V S gives SLOSHES · words from sloshes
- H W gives VOWLESS · unscramble vowless
- V O gives SHOOLES · words from shooles
More 7-letter words: starting with SH · ending in LS · all 7-letter words
What the Best SHOVELS Words Mean
What SHOVELS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
- SHOVELS 13 · 14
- a hand tool for lifting loose material
- HOVELS 12 · 13
- small crude shelter used as a dwelling
- SHOVEL 12 · 13
- a hand tool for lifting loose material
- SHOVES 12 · 12
- come into rough contact with while moving
- HOVEL 11 · 12
- small crude shelter used as a dwelling
- SHOVE 11 · 11
- come into rough contact with while moving
- HOVE 10 · 10
- to lift forcefully
- HOSELS 9 · 9
- a part of a golf club
SHOVELS in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?
Yes. SHOVELS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHOVELS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 91) | 78 | 91 | 69 |
* US: NWL2023. UK: Collins CSW24. Words With Friends' list can change.
13 of the 91 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOVES, OVELS, SLOVE, EVOS, LOSH, OVEL, SOVS, VOLS, EHS, EVO, SOV, VOL and 1 more. 9 of the 91 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HOSS, LEVS, SESH, SEVS, SOHS, HOS, SEV, SHO and SOH.
Unscramble SHOVELS and you have 91 words, SHOVELS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SHOVEL, SHOVES and HOVELS lead with 12 points. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. SHOVELS as a single 7-tile play makes 63 in Scrabble, 13 plus the 50 bonus, and 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).