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SHADE
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
S
1
H
4
A
1
D
2
E
1
Σ
9
Definitions
Verb
- pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree; "the butterfly wings shade to yellow"
- vary slightly; "shade the meaning"
- protect from light, heat, or view; "Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight"
- represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- cast a shadow over
Noun
- a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view
- protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight; "they used umbrellas as shades"; "as the sun moved he readjusted the shade"
- a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
- a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
- a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"
- a slight amount or degree of difference; "a tad too expensive"; "not a tad of difference"; "the new model is a shade better than the old one"
- a position of relative inferiority; "an achievement that puts everything else in the shade"; "his brother's success left him in the shade"
- relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body; "it is much cooler in the shade"; "there's too much shadiness to take good photographs"
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word SHADE
Yes, SHADE is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 9 points in Scrabble. It is recognized as a playable word in the SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK), TWL/NWL (Scrabble US), ENABLE (Words with Friends) dictionaries.
SHADE is a 5-letter word. It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants.