SHELL

5 letters 8 pts

Scrabble Validity

Valid UK Scrabble Word

Confirmed in SOWPODS / CSW24 (UK & International Scrabble).

Dictionary memberships:

S 1

H 4

E 1

L 1

Σ 8

remove the husks from; "husk corn"
remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
look for and collect shells by the seashore
hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled"
create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain"

hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case"
a very light narrow racing boat
a rigid covering that envelops an object; "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice"
the exterior covering of a bird's egg
the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals