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SHAKE
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
K
5
E
1
Σ
12
Definitions
Verb
- move with or as if with a tremor; "his hands shook"
- undermine or cause to waver; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"
- bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking; "He was shaken from his dreams"; "shake the salt out of the salt shaker"
- shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state; "shake one's head"; "She shook her finger at the naughty students"; "The old enemies shook hands"; "Don't shake your fist at me!"
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
- move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"
- move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"
- shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively; "The old engine was juddering"
- get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me"
Noun
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
- a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
- building material used as siding or roofing
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word SHAKE
Yes, SHAKE is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 12 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.
SHAKE is a 5-letter word. It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants.