SHIFT

5 letters 11 pts

Scrabble Validity

✅ Valid Word

Valid in:

  • SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
  • TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
  • ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Tile Values

S 1
H 4
I 1
F 4
T 1
Σ 11

Definitions

Noun

  1. the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
  2. the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class"
  3. a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
  4. a woman's sleeveless undergarment
  5. the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
  6. a qualitative change
  7. an event in which something is displaced without rotation
  8. a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
  9. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
  10. the time period during which you are at work

Verb

  1. make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched"
  2. move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion"
  3. lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"
  4. change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"
  5. move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"
  6. change in quality; "His tone shifted"
  7. change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
  8. use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case"
  9. move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
  10. change place or direction; "Shift one's position"
  11. move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"
  12. move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"
  13. move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"

Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1

About the word SHIFT

Yes, SHIFT is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 11 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.

SHIFT is a 5-letter word. It contains 1 vowels and 4 consonants.