Scrabble & Words with friends points
- shifts is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
- shifts is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
- shifts is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11
Definition of shifts
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another (verb)
Synonyms
- change
- switch
- the act of changing one thing or position for another (noun)
Synonyms
- switch
- switching
- move sideways or in an unsteady way (verb)
Synonyms
- careen
- tilt
- wobble
- move around (verb)
Synonyms
- transfer
- change place or direction (verb)
Synonyms
- dislodge
- reposition
- the time period during which you are at work (noun)
Synonyms
- duty period
- work shift
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other (noun)
Synonyms
- break
- fault
- faulting
- fracture
- geological fault
- make a shift in or exchange of (verb)
Synonyms
- change over
- switch
- move abruptly (verb)
Synonyms
- lurch
- pitch
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist (noun)
Synonyms
- chemise
- sack
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation (noun)
Synonyms
- displacement
- the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters (noun)
Synonyms
- shift key
- the act of moving from one place to another (noun)
Examples
- his constant shifting disrupted the class
Synonyms
- shifting
- a qualitative change (noun)
Synonyms
- transformation
- transmutation
- move very slightly (verb)
Examples
- He shifted in his seat
Synonyms
- agitate
- budge
- stir
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment (noun)
Synonyms
- chemise
- shimmy
- slip
- teddy
- a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time (noun)
- change gears (verb)
Examples
- you have to shift when you go down a steep hill
- change in quality (verb)
Examples
- His tone shifted
- change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change (verb)
Examples
- Grimm showed how the consonants shifted
- move and exchange for another (verb)
Examples
- shift the date for our class reunion
- move from one setting or context to another (verb)
Examples
- shift the emphasis
- shift one's attention
- use a shift key on a keyboard (verb)
Examples
- She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case
See definition of shifts in Merriam Webster