The word shire is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • shire n. Physical area administered by a sheriff.
  • shire n. Former administrative area of Britain; a county.
  • shire n. (UK, colloquial) The general area in which a person lives or comes from, used in the context of travel…

22 valid words from 3 definitions

ADMINISTERED ADMINISTRATIVE AREA BY COLLOQUIAL COMES CONTEXT COUNTY FORMER FROM GENERAL IN LIVES OF OR PERSON PHYSICAL SHERIFF THE TRAVEL USED WHICH

2 invalid words from 3 definitions

BRITAIN UK

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

HI HIRE IRE RE SH SHIR

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)

ER

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

HEIRS HIRES RHIES SEHRI SHIER

13 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

SHARE SHERE SHINE SHIRK SHIRR SHIRS SHIRT SHITE SHIVE SHORE SPIRE STIRE SWIRE

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

HIRE SHIR SIRE

6 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

SHIRED SHIRES SHIREMAN SHIREMEN SHIRETOWN SHIRETOWNS

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

CHESHIRES

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

CHESHIRE REDSHIRE

40 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A ASHIER RASHIE SHERIA
+C RICHES
+D HIDERS SHIRED
+E HERIES HIREES
+F FISHER SHERIF
+G SIGHER
+I REISHI
+K HIKERS SHREIK SHRIEK SHRIKE
+L HIRSEL HIRSLE RELISH
+M RHIMES
+N RHINES SHINER SHRINE
+O HORSIE HOSIER
+P PERISH PISHER RESHIP SERIPH
+R HIRERS
+S HISSER SEHRIS SHIERS SHIRES
+T THEIRS
+V HIVERS SHIVER SHRIVE
+W WISHER
+X RHEXIS

14 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-E SHIR SHRI
-H IRES REIS RISE SEIR SIRE
-I HERS REHS RESH
-R EISH HIES
-S HEIR HIRE

Scrabble scoring

  • 8 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 189 chance (0.53%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 692 chance (0.14%).

Other languages

Category without words

  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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