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Is SHELVE a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list SHELVE is in ENABLE, the open word list behind Words With Friends and most word apps. For official tournament Scrabble, check Merriam-Webster's Scrabble dictionary.

Scrabble pointsWords With Friends pointsLetters
12136

What does SHELVE mean?

  1. verbhold back to a later time
  2. verbplace on a shelf

Definitions from WordNet.

Hooks for SHELVE

Add a letter to make a new word: SHELVED, SHELVER, SHELVES.

Anagrams of SHELVE

Words inside SHELVE

See all 25 words you can make from SHELVE

Similar word lists

6 letter wordsAnagrams of SHELVEWords starting with SHWords ending in VEWords ending in LVE6 letter words starting with S6 letter words ending in E

About this list

Our word list is ENABLE, first published in 2000 and still used by most word games.

Meanings come from Princeton WordNet (2011). How common a word is comes from wordfreq.

Look up SHELVE in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, Collins or Dictionary.com. Check it for Scrabble at Merriam-Webster Scrabble.

FAQ

Is SHELVE a Scrabble word?

SHELVE is in ENABLE, the word list Words With Friends closely matches, and most ENABLE words are playable in North American Scrabble. Confirm tournament validity in the official Scrabble dictionary.

How many points is SHELVE worth?

SHELVE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does SHELVE mean?

Hold back to a later time.