Scrabble & Words with friends points
- shell is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
- shell is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
- shell is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9
Definition of shell
- remove the husks from (verb)
Synonyms
- husk
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles (noun)
Synonyms
- carapace
- cuticle
- shield
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict (verb)
Synonyms
- beat
- beat out
- crush
- trounce
- vanquish
- the exterior covering of a bird's egg (noun)
Synonyms
- eggshell
- the housing or outer covering of something (noun)
Synonyms
- case
- casing
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) (noun)
Synonyms
- plate
- scale
- use explosives on (verb)
Examples
- The enemy has been shelling us all day
Synonyms
- blast
- create by using explosives (verb)
Synonyms
- blast
- a very light narrow racing boat (noun)
Synonyms
- racing shell
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun (noun)
- a rigid covering that envelops an object (noun)
Examples
- the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice
- fall out of the pod or husk (verb)
Examples
- The corn shelled
- hit the pitches of hard and regularly (verb)
Examples
- He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning
- look for and collect shells by the seashore (verb)
- remove from its shell or outer covering (verb)
Examples
- shell the legumes
- shell mussels
- the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod (noun)
- the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts (noun)
- the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals (noun)
See definition of shell in Merriam Webster