8-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| shooting | 12 | the act of firing a projectile | his shooting was slow but accurate |
| shouting | 12 | uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement | - |
| shopping | 16 | searching for or buying goods or services | went shopping for a reliable plumber |
| shoulder | 12 | a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road | the car pulled off onto the shoulder |
| shanghai | 15 | take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship | The men were shanghaied after being drugged |
| shepherd | 17 | a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock | - |
| shocking | 18 | giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation | the most shocking book of its time |
| shitting | 12 | the elimination of fecal waste through the anus | - |
| shithead | 15 | a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | - |
| shameful | 16 | (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame | a shameful display of cowardice |
| shipment | 15 | goods carried by a large vehicle | - |
| shortcut | 13 | a route shorter than the usual one | - |
| shipping | 16 | conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry | - |
| shutting | 12 | the act of closing something | - |
| showtime | 16 | the time at which something is supposed to begin | - |
| shortage | 12 | an acute insufficiency | - |
| shifting | 15 | (of soil) unstable | shifting sands |
| sherlock | 17 | someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information | - |
| shitless | 11 | (used as complement) to the utmost degree | the students were bored shitless |
| shagging | 14 | - | - |
| shootout | 11 | a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten | - |
| shrapnel | 13 | shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight | - |
| shredded | 14 | prepared by cutting | shredded cabbage |
| shedding | 14 | the process whereby something is shed | - |
| showdown | 18 | a hostile disagreement face-to-face | - |
| showcase | 16 | a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect | it was a showcase for democracy in Africa |
| showroom | 16 | an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed | in Britain a showroom is called a salesroom |
| shipyard | 17 | a workplace where ships are built or repaired | - |
| shutdown | 15 | termination of operations | - |
| shambles | 15 | a building where animals are butchered | - |
| shilling | 12 | the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents | - |
| shoelace | 13 | a lace used for fastening shoes | - |
| shielded | 13 | (used especially of machinery) protected by a shield to prevent injury | - |
| shelling | 12 | the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target | the shelling went on for hours without pausing |
| shingles | 12 | eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia | - |
| showgirl | 15 | a woman who dances in a chorus line | - |
| shackled | 18 | bound by chains fastened around the ankles | - |
| shredder | 13 | a device that shreds documents (usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading them) | - |
| shorties | 11 | - | - |
| shadowed | 16 | filled with shade | the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed |
| shrunken | 15 | lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness | a shrunken old man |
| shearing | 12 | removing by cutting off or clipping | - |
| shamrock | 19 | creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage | - |
| shinning | 12 | - | - |
| sheeting | 12 | fabric from which bed sheets are made | - |
| shetland | 12 | an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland | - |
| shoplift | 16 | steal in a store | - |
| shrewdly | 18 | in a shrewd manner | - |
| sheepdog | 15 | any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep | - |
| sheepish | 16 | showing a sense of shame | - |
| shelving | 15 | - | - |
| sharpish | 16 | - | - |
| sherwani | 14 | - | - |
| shinbone | 13 | the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle | - |
| shiitake | 15 | edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe | - |
| shittier | 11 | - | - |
| showboat | 16 | a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River) | - |
| shouldst | 12 | - | - |
| shrieked | 16 | uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror | - |
| shafting | 15 | - | - |
| shamanic | 15 | - | - |
| shantung | 12 | a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation) | - |
| shoeless | 11 | without shoes | shoeless Joe Jackson |
| shashlik | 18 | - | - |
| shoehorn | 14 | a device used for easing the foot into a shoe | - |
| shoveled | 15 | - | - |
| shunning | 12 | deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening | - |
| shabbily | 18 | so as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated | a shabbily dressed man |
| sheathed | 15 | enclosed in a protective covering; sometimes used in combination | his sheathed sword |
| shiniest | 11 | - | - |
| shirking | 16 | the evasion of work or duty | - |
| shitlist | 11 | a list of people who are out of favor | - |
| shabbier | 15 | - | - |
| shadrach | 17 | - | - |
| shamisen | 13 | a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum | - |
| shipmate | 15 | an associate on the same ship with you | - |
| shraddha | 16 | - | - |
| shrinker | 15 | - | - |
| sharpies | 13 | - | - |
| shimmery | 18 | glistening tremulously | the shimmery surface of the lake |
| shitwork | 18 | trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores | - |
| shopgirl | 14 | - | - |
| shabbles | 15 | - | - |
| shabrack | 19 | - | - |
| shackier | 17 | - | - |
| shacking | 18 | - | - |
| shackler | 17 | - | - |
| shackles | 17 | - | - |
| shackoes | 17 | - | - |
| shadblow | 17 | any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit | - |
| shadbush | 17 | any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit | - |
| shadchan | 17 | - | - |
| shaddock | 19 | southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits | - |
| shadiest | 12 | - | - |
| shadings | 13 | - | - |
| shadkhan | 19 | - | - |
| shadoofs | 15 | - | - |
| shadower | 15 | a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements | - |
| shafters | 14 | - | - |
| shagbark | 18 | North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts | - |
| shaggers | 13 | - | - |
| shaggier | 13 | - | - |
| shaggily | 16 | in a shaggy manner | shaggily unkempt mane |
| shagpile | 14 | - | - |
| shagreen | 12 | - | - |
| shagroon | 12 | - | - |
| shahadah | 18 | the first pillar of Islam is an affirmation of faith | - |
| shahadas | 15 | - | - |
| shahdoms | 17 | - | - |
| shaheeds | 15 | - | - |
| shaitans | 11 | - | - |
| shakable | 17 | capable of being weakened | the crisis proved his confidence was shakable |
| shakeout | 15 | an economic condition that results in the elimination of marginally financed participants in an industry | they glutted the market in order to cause a shakeout of their competitors |
| shakeups | 17 | - | - |
| shakiest | 15 | - | - |
| shakings | 16 | - | - |
| shakudos | 16 | - | - |
| shaliest | 11 | - | - |
| shallons | 11 | - | - |
| shalloon | 11 | - | - |
| shallops | 13 | - | - |
| shallots | 11 | - | - |
| shallows | 14 | - | - |
| shalwars | 14 | - | - |
| shamable | 15 | - | - |
| shamably | 18 | - | - |
| shambled | 16 | - | - |
| shamiana | 13 | - | - |
| shaminas | 13 | - | - |
| shamings | 14 | - | - |
| shammash | 18 | - | - |
| shammers | 15 | - | - |
| shammied | 16 | - | - |
| shammies | 15 | - | - |
| shamming | 16 | - | - |
| shamosim | 15 | - | - |
| shamoyed | 17 | - | - |
| shampoos | 15 | - | - |
| shamuses | 13 | - | - |
| shandies | 12 | - | - |
| shanking | 16 | - | - |
| shannies | 11 | - | - |
| shanteys | 14 | - | - |
| shanties | 11 | - | - |
| shantihs | 14 | - | - |
| shapable | 15 | - | - |
| shapened | 14 | - | - |
| shapeups | 15 | - | - |
| shapings | 14 | - | - |
| sharable | 13 | - | - |
| shareman | 13 | - | - |
| sharemen | 13 | - | - |
| shariahs | 14 | - | - |
| shariats | 11 | - | - |
| sharings | 12 | - | - |
| sharkers | 15 | - | - |
| sharking | 16 | - | - |
| sharkish | 18 | - | - |
| sharnier | 11 | - | - |
| sharnies | 11 | - | - |
| sharpens | 13 | - | - |
| sharpers | 13 | - | - |
| sharpest | 13 | - | - |
| sharping | 14 | - | - |
| shashing | 15 | - | - |
| shasliks | 15 | - | - |
| shasters | 11 | - | - |
| shastras | 11 | - | - |
| shatoosh | 14 | - | - |
| shatters | 11 | - | - |
| shattery | 14 | - | - |
| shauchle | 16 | - | - |
| shauchly | 19 | - | - |
| shauling | 12 | - | - |
| shavable | 16 | - | - |
| shavings | 15 | - | - |
| shawarma | 16 | - | - |
| shawleys | 17 | - | - |
| shawlies | 14 | - | - |
| shawling | 15 | - | - |
| sheading | 13 | - | - |
| sheafier | 14 | - | - |
| sheafing | 15 | - | - |
| shealing | 12 | - | - |
| shearers | 11 | - | - |
| shearleg | 12 | - | - |
| shearman | 13 | - | - |
| shearmen | 13 | - | - |
| sheather | 14 | - | - |
| sheathes | 14 | - | - |
| sheaving | 15 | - | - |
| shebangs | 14 | - | - |
| shebeans | 13 | - | - |
| shebeens | 13 | - | - |
| shechita | 16 | - | - |
| shedable | 14 | - | - |
| shedders | 13 | - | - |
| shedfuls | 15 | - | - |
| shedhand | 16 | - | - |
| shedlike | 16 | - | - |
| shedload | 13 | - | - |
| sheeling | 12 | - | - |
| sheeneys | 14 | - | - |
| sheenful | 14 | - | - |
| sheenier | 11 | - | - |
| sheenies | 11 | - | - |
| sheening | 12 | - | - |
| sheepcot | 15 | - | - |
| sheepier | 13 | - | - |
| sheeples | 13 | - | - |
| sheepman | 15 | a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock | - |
| sheepmen | 15 | - | - |
| sheerest | 11 | - | - |
| sheering | 12 | - | - |
| sheerleg | 12 | - | - |
| sheeshas | 14 | - | - |
| sheeters | 11 | - | - |
| sheetfed | 15 | - | - |
| sheetier | 11 | - | - |
| shehitah | 17 | - | - |
| shehitas | 14 | - | - |
| shehnais | 14 | - | - |
| sheikdom | 18 | the domain ruled by a sheik | - |
| sheikhas | 18 | - | - |
| sheiling | 12 | - | - |
| sheitans | 11 | - | - |
| sheitels | 11 | - | - |
| shekalim | 17 | - | - |
| shekelim | 17 | - | - |
| shelduck | 18 | female sheldrake | - |
| shelfful | 17 | the amount that a shelf will hold | he bought a shelfful of books |
| shelfier | 14 | - | - |
| shelfing | 15 | - | - |
| shellack | 17 | cover with shellac | - |
| shellacs | 13 | - | - |
| shellers | 11 | - | - |
| shellful | 14 | - | - |
| shellier | 11 | - | - |
| shelters | 11 | - | - |
| sheltery | 14 | - | - |
| shelties | 11 | - | - |
| shelvers | 14 | - | - |
| shelvier | 14 | - | - |
| shemales | 13 | - | - |
| shending | 13 | - | - |
| sheqalim | 22 | - | - |
| sherangs | 12 | - | - |
| sherbert | 13 | a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin | - |
| sherbets | 13 | - | - |
| shereefs | 14 | - | - |
| sheriats | 11 | - | - |
| sheriffs | 17 | - | - |
| sheroots | 11 | - | - |
| sherried | 12 | - | - |
| sherries | 11 | - | - |
| shetting | 12 | - | - |
| sheuched | 17 | - | - |
| sheughed | 16 | - | - |
| shiatsus | 11 | - | - |
| shiatzus | 20 | - | - |
| shickers | 17 | - | - |
| shicksas | 17 | - | - |
| shidders | 13 | - | - |
| shidduch | 18 | - | - |
| shielder | 12 | a person who cares for persons or property | - |
| shieling | 12 | - | - |
| shifters | 14 | - | - |
| shiftier | 14 | - | - |
| shiftily | 17 | in a shifty manner | he looked at his new customer shiftily |
| shigella | 12 | rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon | - |
| shikaras | 15 | - | - |
| shikaree | 15 | - | - |
| shikaris | 15 | - | - |
| shikkers | 19 | - | - |
| shiksehs | 18 | - | - |
| shilingi | 12 | - | - |
| shillala | 11 | - | - |
| shimaals | 13 | - | - |
| shimmers | 15 | - | - |
| shimmeys | 18 | - | - |
| shimmied | 16 | - | - |
| shimmies | 15 | - | - |
| shimming | 16 | - | - |
| shindies | 12 | - | - |
| shindigs | 13 | - | - |
| shingled | 13 | - | - |
| shingler | 12 | a worker who shingles roofs | - |
| shinkins | 15 | - | - |
| shinleaf | 14 | North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters | - |
| shinnery | 14 | - | - |
| shinneys | 14 | - | - |
| shinnied | 12 | - | - |
| shinnies | 11 | - | - |
| shinolas | 11 | - | - |
| shintied | 12 | - | - |
| shinties | 11 | - | - |
| shipfuls | 16 | - | - |
| shiplaps | 15 | - | - |
| shipless | 13 | - | - |
| shipload | 14 | the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car | - |
| shippens | 15 | - | - |
| shippers | 15 | - | - |
| shippies | 15 | - | - |
| shippons | 15 | - | - |
| shipside | 14 | the part of a wharf that is next to a ship | - |
| shiptime | 15 | - | - |
| shipways | 19 | - | - |
| shipworm | 18 | wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells | - |
| shiralee | 11 | - | - |
| shirazes | 20 | - | - |
| shireman | 13 | - | - |
| shiremen | 13 | - | - |
| shirkers | 15 | - | - |
| shirring | 12 | baking shelled eggs | - |
| shirtier | 11 | - | - |
| shirtily | 14 | - | - |
| shirting | 12 | any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts | - |
| shitakes | 15 | - | - |
| shitbags | 14 | - | - |
| shitcans | 13 | - | - |
| shitface | 16 | - | - |
| shitheel | 14 | - | - |
| shithole | 14 | - | - |
| shitload | 12 | - | - |
| shittahs | 14 | - | - |
| shitters | 11 | - | - |
| shittily | 14 | - | - |
| shittims | 13 | - | - |
| shivaree | 14 | a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple | - |
| shivered | 15 | - | - |
| shiverer | 14 | - | - |
| shivitis | 14 | - | - |
| shivving | 18 | - | - |
| shizzles | 29 | - | - |
| shkotzim | 26 | - | - |
| shlemiel | 13 | (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler | - |
| shlepped | 16 | - | - |
| shlepper | 15 | (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person | - |
| shloshim | 16 | - | - |
| shlumped | 16 | - | - |
| shmaltzy | 25 | - | - |
| shmattes | 13 | - | - |
| shmeared | 14 | - | - |
| shmeered | 14 | - | - |
| shmoosed | 14 | - | - |
| shmooses | 13 | - | - |
| shmoozed | 23 | - | - |
| shmoozer | 22 | - | - |
| shmoozes | 22 | - | - |
| shnorrer | 11 | (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others | - |
| shoalest | 11 | - | - |
| shoalier | 11 | - | - |
| shoaling | 12 | - | - |
| shochets | 16 | - | - |
| shockers | 17 | - | - |
| shoddier | 13 | - | - |
| shoddies | 13 | - | - |
| shoddily | 16 | in a shoddy manner | a shoddily built house |
| shoebill | 13 | large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe | - |
| shoeings | 12 | - | - |
| shoepack | 19 | - | - |
| shoepacs | 15 | - | - |
| shoetree | 11 | stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree | - |
| shofroth | 17 | - | - |
| shogging | 14 | - | - |
| shoggled | 14 | - | - |
| shoggles | 13 | - | - |
| shogunal | 12 | - | - |
| shoneens | 11 | - | - |
| shonkier | 15 | - | - |
| shoogied | 13 | - | - |
| shoogies | 12 | - | - |
| shoogled | 13 | - | - |
| shoogles | 12 | - | - |
| shooling | 12 | - | - |
| shooshed | 15 | - | - |
| shooshes | 14 | - | - |
| shooters | 11 | - | - |
| shooties | 11 | - | - |
| shootist | 11 | - | - |
| shopbots | 15 | - | - |
| shopboys | 18 | - | - |
| shopfuls | 16 | - | - |
| shophars | 16 | - | - |
| shopless | 13 | - | - |
| shoppers | 15 | - | - |
| shoppier | 15 | - | - |
| shoppies | 15 | - | - |
| shoptalk | 17 | - | - |
| shopworn | 16 | repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | - |
| shoreman | 13 | - | - |
| shoremen | 13 | - | - |
| shorings | 12 | - | - |
| shortarm | 13 | - | - |
| shortens | 11 | - | - |
| shortest | 11 | - | - |
| shortias | 11 | - | - |
| shorting | 12 | - | - |
| shortish | 14 | somewhat short | - |
| shotguns | 12 | - | - |
| shothole | 14 | - | - |
| shotputs | 13 | - | - |
| shotting | 12 | - | - |
| shottles | 11 | - | - |
| shouters | 11 | - | - |
| shouther | 14 | - | - |
| shoutier | 11 | - | - |
| shoutout | 11 | - | - |
| shoveler | 14 | freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill | - |
| shovings | 15 | - | - |
| showable | 16 | - | - |
| showding | 16 | - | - |
| showered | 15 | - | - |
| showerer | 14 | - | - |
| showghes | 18 | - | - |
| showgoer | 15 | - | - |
| showiest | 14 | - | - |
| showings | 15 | - | - |
| showjump | 25 | - | - |
| showoffs | 20 | - | - |
| showring | 15 | - | - |
| showyard | 18 | - | - |
| shreeked | 16 | - | - |
| shreiked | 16 | - | - |
| shrewder | 15 | - | - |
| shrewdie | 15 | - | - |
| shrewing | 15 | - | - |
| shrewish | 17 | continually complaining or faultfinding | a shrewish wife |
| shrieker | 15 | - | - |
| shrieval | 14 | - | - |
| shrieved | 15 | - | - |
| shrieves | 14 | - | - |
| shrights | 15 | - | - |
| shriking | 16 | - | - |
| shrilled | 12 | - | - |
| shriller | 11 | - | - |
| shrimped | 16 | - | - |
| shrimper | 15 | a vessel engaged in shrimping | - |
| shrining | 12 | - | - |
| shrivels | 14 | - | - |
| shrivers | 14 | - | - |
| shriving | 15 | - | - |
| shroffed | 18 | - | - |
| shroomed | 14 | - | - |
| shroomer | 13 | - | - |
| shrouded | 13 | - | - |
| shroving | 15 | - | - |
| shrowing | 15 | - | - |
| shrubbed | 16 | - | - |
| shrugged | 14 | - | - |
| shtetels | 11 | - | - |
| shtoomer | 13 | - | - |
| shtummer | 15 | - | - |
| shtupped | 16 | - | - |
| shuckers | 17 | - | - |
| shucking | 18 | - | - |
| shudders | 13 | - | - |
| shuddery | 16 | provoking fear terror | the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge |
| shuffled | 18 | - | - |
| shuffler | 17 | someone who walks without raising the feet | - |
| shuffles | 17 | - | - |
| shufties | 14 | - | - |
| shuggies | 13 | - | - |
| shunless | 11 | - | - |
| shunners | 11 | - | - |
| shunpike | 17 | - | - |
| shunters | 11 | - | - |
| shunting | 12 | - | - |
| shuriken | 15 | - | - |
| shushers | 14 | - | - |
| shushing | 15 | - | - |
| shuteyes | 14 | - | - |
| shutoffs | 17 | - | - |
| shutouts | 11 | - | - |
| shutters | 11 | - | - |
| shuttled | 12 | - | - |
| shuttler | 11 | - | - |
| shuttles | 11 | - | - |
| shvartze | 23 | - | - |
| shvitzed | 24 | - | - |
| shvitzes | 23 | - | - |
| shwanpan | 16 | - | - |
| shweshwe | 20 | - | - |
| shylocks | 20 | - | - |
| shysters | 14 | - | - |
