7-letter words starting with SH
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter SH. This section showcases how SH at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with SH, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| showing | 14 | something shown to the public | - |
| sheriff | 16 | the principal law-enforcement officer in a county | - |
| shelter | 10 | a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings | - |
| shocked | 17 | struck with fear, dread, or consternation | - |
| shaking | 15 | a shaky motion | the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe |
| shining | 11 | the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it | the shining of shoes provided a meager living |
| sharing | 11 | sharing thoughts and feelings | - |
| shortly | 13 | in the near future | the book will appear shortly |
| shotgun | 11 | firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges | - |
| shooter | 10 | a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot) | a poor shooter |
| shallow | 13 | become shallow | the lake shallowed over time |
| shuttle | 10 | badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers | - |
| showers | 13 | - | - |
| shampoo | 14 | cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair | - |
| shouted | 11 | in a vehement outcry | his shouted words of encouragement could be heard over the crowd noises |
| shaving | 14 | the act of removing hair with a razor | - |
| shutter | 10 | a hinged blind for a window | - |
| shelves | 13 | - | - |
| sharply | 15 | changing suddenly in direction and degree | the road twists sharply after the light |
| shuffle | 16 | mix so as to make a random order or arrangement | shuffle the cards |
| shatter | 10 | break into many pieces | The wine glass shattered |
| shekels | 14 | informal terms for money | - |
| shoving | 14 | - | - |
| shyness | 13 | a feeling of fear of embarrassment | - |
| sharpen | 12 | make (one's senses) more acute | This drug will sharpen your vision |
| sharper | 12 | a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games | - |
| shaping | 13 | any process serving to define the shape of something | - |
| shorten | 10 | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | - |
| shagged | 13 | having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags | junipers with shagged trunks |
| showbiz | 24 | - | - |
| shudder | 12 | shake, as from cold | - |
| shylock | 19 | someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest | - |
| shocker | 16 | a sensational message (in a film or play or novel) | - |
| shitter | 10 | a person who defecates | - |
| shopper | 14 | a commercial agent who shops at the competitor's store in order to compare their prices and merchandise with those of the store that employs her | - |
| shindig | 12 | a large and noisy party of people | - |
| shimmer | 14 | a weak and tremulous light | the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers |
| shadowy | 17 | lacking in substance | strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds |
| shrivel | 13 | decrease in size, range, or extent | My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me |
| sherbet | 12 | a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin | - |
| shelled | 11 | of animals or fruits that have a shell | - |
| shiatsu | 10 | treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body | - |
| shoebox | 19 | an oblong rectangular (usually cardboard) box designed to hold a pair of shoes | - |
| sheared | 11 | having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers | naked as a sheared sheep |
| shackle | 16 | bind the arms of | - |
| shebang | 13 | an entire system; used in the phrase `the whole shebang' | - |
| shapely | 15 | having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape | a slim waist and shapely legs |
| showman | 15 | a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments | - |
| shakers | 14 | a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States | - |
| shingle | 11 | building material used as siding or roofing | - |
| shading | 12 | a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades | - |
| shaming | 13 | - | - |
| sheaves | 13 | - | - |
| shipman | 14 | - | - |
| shelved | 14 | - | - |
| shrimpy | 17 | (used especially of persons) of inferior size | - |
| shyster | 13 | a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods | - |
| shifter | 13 | a stagehand responsible for moving scenery | - |
| shaitan | 10 | (Islam) a rebellious jinni who leads men astray | - |
| shortie | 10 | - | - |
| shuteye | 13 | informal term for sleep | - |
| shellac | 12 | cover with shellac | She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots |
| shakily | 17 | in an insecurely shaky manner | this theory is rather shakily supported by some obscure data |
| sheaths | 13 | - | - |
| sharpie | 12 | an alert and energetic person | - |
| sheathe | 13 | cover with a protective sheathing | sheathe her face |
| shivery | 16 | provoking fear terror | - |
| shriver | 13 | - | - |
| shaheed | 14 | Arabic term for holy martyrs | - |
| shallot | 10 | type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning | - |
| shearer | 10 | Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926) | - |
| shipper | 14 | a company in the business of shipping freight | - |
| shirker | 14 | a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) | - |
| shooing | 11 | - | - |
| shrilly | 13 | in a shrill voice | she sang rather shrilly |
| shutout | 10 | a defeat in a game where one side fails to score | - |
| sheitan | 10 | - | - |
| shutoff | 16 | - | - |
| shinier | 10 | - | - |
| shakier | 14 | - | - |
| shamble | 14 | walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | - |
| shoring | 11 | the act of propping up with shores | - |
| shalwar | 13 | a pair of light loose trousers with a tight fit around the ankles; worn by women from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a kameez) | - |
| shebeen | 12 | unlicensed drinking establishment | - |
| shoeing | 11 | - | - |
| shotted | 11 | - | - |
| shrieky | 17 | - | - |
| shucker | 16 | - | - |
| shabash | 15 | - | - |
| shabble | 14 | - | - |
| shacked | 17 | - | - |
| shackos | 16 | - | - |
| shaddup | 14 | - | - |
| shaders | 11 | - | - |
| shadfly | 17 | slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days | - |
| shadier | 11 | - | - |
| shadily | 14 | - | - |
| shadoof | 14 | - | - |
| shadows | 14 | - | - |
| shadufs | 14 | - | - |
| shafted | 14 | - | - |
| shafter | 13 | - | - |
| shagger | 12 | - | - |
| shahada | 14 | - | - |
| shahdom | 16 | - | - |
| shahids | 14 | - | - |
| shaikhs | 17 | - | - |
| shairds | 11 | - | - |
| shairns | 10 | - | - |
| shakeup | 16 | the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes) | top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup |
| shakoes | 14 | - | - |
| shakudo | 15 | - | - |
| shalier | 10 | - | - |
| shaling | 11 | - | - |
| shallis | 10 | - | - |
| shallon | 10 | small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries | - |
| shallop | 12 | - | - |
| shaloms | 12 | - | - |
| shalots | 10 | - | - |
| shamals | 12 | - | - |
| shamans | 12 | - | - |
| shambas | 14 | - | - |
| shambly | 17 | - | - |
| shamers | 12 | - | - |
| shamina | 12 | - | - |
| shammas | 14 | - | - |
| shammed | 15 | - | - |
| shammer | 14 | someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity | - |
| shammes | 14 | - | - |
| shammos | 14 | - | - |
| shamois | 12 | - | - |
| shamoys | 15 | - | - |
| shandry | 14 | - | - |
| shanked | 15 | - | - |
| shantey | 13 | - | - |
| shantih | 13 | - | - |
| shantis | 10 | - | - |
| shapens | 12 | - | - |
| shapers | 12 | - | - |
| shapeup | 14 | - | - |
| sharded | 12 | - | - |
| sharers | 10 | - | - |
| shariah | 13 | the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed | - |
| sharias | 10 | - | - |
| shariat | 10 | - | - |
| sharifs | 13 | - | - |
| sharked | 15 | - | - |
| sharker | 14 | - | - |
| sharped | 13 | - | - |
| shashed | 14 | - | - |
| shashes | 13 | - | - |
| shaslik | 14 | - | - |
| shastas | 10 | - | - |
| shaster | 10 | - | - |
| shastra | 10 | - | - |
| shaughs | 14 | - | - |
| shauled | 11 | - | - |
| shavers | 13 | - | - |
| shavies | 13 | - | - |
| shawing | 14 | - | - |
| shawled | 14 | - | - |
| shawley | 16 | - | - |
| shawlie | 13 | - | - |
| shaykhs | 20 | - | - |
| sheafed | 14 | - | - |
| shealed | 11 | - | - |
| sheathy | 16 | - | - |
| sheaved | 14 | - | - |
| shebean | 12 | - | - |
| shedded | 13 | - | - |
| shedder | 12 | an attacker who sheds or spills blood | - |
| shedful | 14 | - | - |
| sheeled | 11 | - | - |
| sheened | 11 | - | - |
| sheeney | 13 | - | - |
| sheenie | 10 | - | - |
| sheeple | 12 | - | - |
| sheepos | 12 | - | - |
| sheered | 11 | - | - |
| sheerer | 10 | - | - |
| sheerly | 13 | - | - |
| sheesha | 13 | an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water | - |
| sheeted | 11 | - | - |
| sheeter | 10 | - | - |
| sheeves | 13 | - | - |
| shegetz | 20 | an offensive term for non-Jewish young man | - |
| shehita | 13 | - | - |
| shehnai | 13 | - | - |
| sheikha | 17 | the wife of a sheik | - |
| sheikhs | 17 | - | - |
| sheilas | 10 | - | - |
| sheitel | 10 | - | - |
| shelfed | 14 | - | - |
| sheller | 10 | a worker who removes shells (as of peas or oysters) | - |
| sheltas | 10 | - | - |
| sheltie | 10 | - | - |
| shelver | 13 | a worker who puts things (as books) on shelves | - |
| shemale | 12 | - | - |
| shenais | 10 | - | - |
| sheqels | 19 | - | - |
| sherang | 11 | - | - |
| shereef | 13 | - | - |
| sherias | 10 | - | - |
| sheriat | 10 | - | - |
| sherifs | 13 | - | - |
| sheroes | 10 | - | - |
| sheroot | 10 | - | - |
| sherpas | 12 | - | - |
| sherris | 10 | - | - |
| sheuchs | 15 | - | - |
| sheughs | 14 | - | - |
| shewels | 13 | - | - |
| shewers | 13 | - | - |
| shewing | 14 | - | - |
| shiatzu | 19 | - | - |
| shibahs | 15 | - | - |
| shicker | 16 | - | - |
| shicksa | 16 | - | - |
| shidder | 12 | - | - |
| shields | 11 | - | - |
| shieled | 11 | - | - |
| shifted | 14 | - | - |
| shikara | 14 | - | - |
| shikari | 14 | - | - |
| shikars | 14 | - | - |
| shikker | 18 | - | - |
| shikras | 14 | - | - |
| shiksas | 14 | - | - |
| shikseh | 17 | - | - |
| shikses | 14 | - | - |
| shilled | 11 | - | - |
| shilpit | 12 | - | - |
| shimaal | 12 | - | - |
| shimmed | 15 | - | - |
| shimmey | 17 | - | - |
| shindys | 14 | - | - |
| shiners | 10 | - | - |
| shiness | 10 | - | - |
| shingly | 14 | abounding in small stones | landed at a shingly little beach |
| shinies | 10 | - | - |
| shinily | 13 | - | - |
| shinjus | 17 | - | - |
| shinkin | 14 | - | - |
| shinned | 11 | - | - |
| shinnes | 10 | - | - |
| shinney | 13 | a simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck | - |
| shinola | 10 | - | - |
| shipful | 15 | - | - |
| shiplap | 14 | - | - |
| shipmen | 14 | - | - |
| shipped | 15 | - | - |
| shippen | 14 | - | - |
| shippie | 14 | - | - |
| shippon | 14 | - | - |
| shippos | 14 | - | - |
| shipway | 18 | a canal large enough for seagoing vessels | - |
| shiring | 11 | - | - |
| shirked | 15 | - | - |
| shirras | 10 | - | - |
| shirred | 11 | - | - |
| shirted | 11 | - | - |
| shishas | 13 | - | - |
| shitake | 14 | - | - |
| shitbag | 13 | - | - |
| shitcan | 12 | - | - |
| shiting | 11 | - | - |
| shittah | 13 | source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia | - |
| shitted | 11 | - | - |
| shittim | 12 | shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit | - |
| shitzus | 19 | - | - |
| shiurim | 12 | - | - |
| shivahs | 16 | - | - |
| shivers | 13 | - | - |
| shiviti | 13 | - | - |
| shivoos | 13 | - | - |
| shivved | 17 | - | - |
| shizzle | 28 | - | - |
| shlepps | 14 | - | - |
| shleppy | 17 | - | - |
| shlocks | 16 | - | - |
| shlocky | 19 | - | - |
| shlongs | 11 | - | - |
| shlumps | 14 | - | - |
| shlumpy | 17 | - | - |
| shmaltz | 21 | (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music | - |
| shmatte | 12 | - | - |
| shmears | 12 | - | - |
| shmeers | 12 | - | - |
| shmocks | 18 | - | - |
| shmoose | 12 | talk idly or casually and in a friendly way | - |
| shmooze | 21 | talk idly or casually and in a friendly way | - |
| shmoozy | 24 | - | - |
| shmucks | 18 | - | - |
| shmucky | 21 | - | - |
| shnapps | 14 | - | - |
| shnooks | 14 | - | - |
| shoaled | 11 | - | - |
| shoaler | 10 | - | - |
| shochet | 15 | - | - |
| shochus | 15 | - | - |
| shodden | 12 | wearing footgear | - |
| shoders | 11 | - | - |
| shoepac | 14 | - | - |
| shofars | 13 | - | - |
| shogged | 13 | - | - |
| shoggle | 12 | - | - |
| shoggly | 15 | - | - |
| shoguns | 11 | - | - |
| sholoms | 12 | - | - |
| shoneen | 10 | - | - |
| shoofly | 16 | a child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan or duck) | - |
| shoogie | 11 | - | - |
| shoogle | 11 | - | - |
| shoogly | 14 | - | - |
| shooled | 11 | - | - |
| shooles | 10 | - | - |
| shooras | 10 | - | - |
| shootie | 10 | - | - |
| shopbot | 14 | - | - |
| shopboy | 17 | - | - |
| shopful | 15 | - | - |
| shophar | 15 | an ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the Israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions | - |
| shopman | 14 | - | - |
| shopmen | 14 | - | - |
| shopped | 15 | - | - |
| shoppes | 14 | - | - |
| shorans | 10 | - | - |
| shorers | 10 | - | - |
| shorted | 11 | - | - |
| shorter | 10 | - | - |
| shortia | 10 | any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers | - |
| shotput | 12 | - | - |
| shotten | 10 | - | - |
| shottes | 10 | - | - |
| shottle | 10 | - | - |
| shoughs | 14 | - | - |
| shouses | 10 | - | - |
| shouter | 10 | someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | - |
| shovels | 13 | - | - |
| shovers | 13 | - | - |
| showbox | 22 | - | - |
| showded | 15 | - | - |
| showery | 16 | (of weather) wet by periods of rain | showery weather |
| showghe | 17 | - | - |
| showier | 13 | - | - |
| showily | 16 | in a fancy colorful manner | - |
| showmen | 15 | - | - |
| showoff | 19 | - | - |
| shreddy | 15 | - | - |
| shreeks | 14 | - | - |
| shreiks | 14 | - | - |
| shrewed | 14 | - | - |
| shriech | 15 | - | - |
| shrieks | 14 | - | - |
| shrieve | 13 | - | - |
| shrifts | 13 | - | - |
| shright | 14 | - | - |
| shriked | 15 | - | - |
| shrikes | 14 | - | - |
| shrills | 10 | - | - |
| shrimps | 14 | - | - |
| shrinal | 10 | - | - |
| shrined | 11 | - | - |
| shrines | 10 | - | - |
| shrinks | 14 | - | - |
| shritch | 15 | - | - |
| shrived | 14 | - | - |
| shriven | 13 | - | - |
| shrives | 13 | - | - |
| shroffs | 16 | - | - |
| shrooms | 12 | - | - |
| shrouds | 11 | - | - |
| shroudy | 14 | - | - |
| shroved | 14 | - | - |
| shroves | 13 | - | - |
| shrowed | 14 | - | - |
| shrubby | 17 | of or relating to or resembling a shrub | - |
| shtchis | 15 | - | - |
| shtetel | 10 | - | - |
| shtetls | 10 | - | - |
| shticks | 16 | - | - |
| shticky | 19 | - | - |
| shtooks | 14 | - | - |
| shtucks | 16 | - | - |
| shucked | 17 | - | - |
| shuftis | 13 | - | - |
| shuling | 11 | - | - |
| shunned | 11 | - | - |
| shunner | 10 | - | - |
| shunted | 11 | - | - |
| shunter | 10 | a small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips | - |
| shushed | 14 | - | - |
| shusher | 13 | - | - |
| shushes | 13 | - | - |
| shuting | 11 | - | - |
| shypoos | 15 | - | - |
