9-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| shattered | 13 | ruined or disrupted | our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity |
| shameless | 14 | feeling no shame | a shameless imposter |
| shivering | 16 | a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever | - |
| shrieking | 17 | sharp piercing cry | - |
| shrinking | 17 | process or result of becoming less or smaller | - |
| sheltered | 13 | protected from danger or bad weather | a sheltered harbor |
| shipwreck | 23 | an accident that destroys a ship at sea | - |
| shoeshine | 15 | a shiny finish put on shoes with polish and buffing | his trousers had a sharp crease and you could see your reflection in his shoeshine |
| sharpened | 15 | having the point made sharp | a sharpened pencil |
| shellfish | 18 | invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell | - |
| shuffling | 19 | the act of mixing cards haphazardly | - |
| shoreline | 12 | a boundary line between land and water | - |
| shortened | 13 | cut short in duration | her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking |
| shoemaker | 18 | a person who makes or repairs shoes | - |
| shorthand | 16 | a method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system | - |
| shriveled | 16 | lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness | the old woman's shriveled skin |
| shadowing | 17 | the act of following someone secretly | - |
| shielding | 14 | a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay | - |
| shoveling | 16 | - | - |
| shortstop | 14 | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base | - |
| shredding | 15 | - | - |
| shortness | 12 | an abrupt discourteous manner | - |
| sharpener | 14 | any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper | a knife sharpener |
| sharpness | 14 | the attribute of urgency in tone of voice | - |
| shipshape | 19 | of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder | even the barn was shipshape |
| shakedown | 20 | a very thorough search of a person or a place | a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs |
| shogunate | 13 | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | - |
| shortwave | 18 | - | - |
| shapeless | 14 | having no definite form or distinct shape | a shapeless mass of protoplasm |
| shirtless | 12 | - | - |
| sheepskin | 18 | a document certifying the successful completion of a course of study | - |
| shittiest | 12 | - | - |
| shortcake | 18 | very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream | - |
| shortfall | 15 | the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required | - |
| shrinkage | 17 | process or result of becoming less or smaller | the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage |
| showpiece | 19 | the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection | - |
| shampooed | 17 | - | - |
| sheetrock | 18 | a kind of plasterboard | - |
| shipboard | 17 | casual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship | shipboard romances |
| shrouding | 14 | - | - |
| shrubbery | 19 | a collection of shrubs growing together | - |
| shuttered | 13 | provided with shutters or shutters as specified; often used in combination | a church with a shuttered belfry and spire |
| shiftless | 15 | lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy | a shiftless student |
| shamanism | 16 | an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans | - |
| shambolic | 18 | (British slang) disorderly or chaotic | it's a shambolic system |
| shortlist | 12 | a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen | - |
| shovelled | 16 | - | - |
| shellfire | 15 | shooting artillery shells | - |
| sheepfold | 18 | a pen for sheep | - |
| shipowner | 17 | someone who owns a ship or a share in a ship | - |
| showplace | 19 | a place that is frequently exhibited and visited for its historical interest or natural beauty | - |
| shadeless | 13 | - | - |
| shambling | 17 | walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | from his shambling I assumed he was very old |
| sharkskin | 20 | a smooth crisp fabric | - |
| sheathing | 16 | protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior | - |
| shingling | 14 | (geology) sediment in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction | - |
| shrugging | 15 | - | - |
| shabbatot | 16 | - | - |
| shabbiest | 16 | - | - |
| shabracks | 20 | - | - |
| shackiest | 18 | - | - |
| shacklers | 18 | - | - |
| shackling | 19 | - | - |
| shacktown | 21 | - | - |
| shadberry | 18 | edible purple or red berries | - |
| shadblows | 18 | - | - |
| shadchans | 18 | - | - |
| shaddocks | 20 | - | - |
| shadflies | 16 | - | - |
| shadiness | 13 | relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body | there's too much shadiness to take good photographs |
| shadkhans | 20 | - | - |
| shadowbox | 25 | go through boxing motions without an opponent | - |
| shadowers | 16 | - | - |
| shadowier | 16 | - | - |
| shadowily | 19 | - | - |
| shadrachs | 18 | - | - |
| shaftings | 16 | - | - |
| shaftless | 15 | - | - |
| shagbarks | 19 | - | - |
| shaggable | 16 | - | - |
| shaggiest | 14 | - | - |
| shagreens | 13 | - | - |
| shagroons | 13 | - | - |
| shahadahs | 19 | - | - |
| shahtoosh | 18 | - | - |
| shakeable | 18 | capable of being weakened | - |
| shakeouts | 16 | - | - |
| shakiness | 16 | a shaky motion | - |
| shalelike | 16 | - | - |
| shalloons | 12 | - | - |
| shallowed | 16 | - | - |
| shallower | 15 | - | - |
| shallowly | 18 | in a shallow manner | - |
| shamanist | 14 | of or relating to shamanism | - |
| shamateur | 14 | - | - |
| shamblier | 16 | - | - |
| shameable | 16 | - | - |
| shameably | 19 | - | - |
| shamefast | 17 | - | - |
| shamianah | 17 | - | - |
| shamianas | 14 | - | - |
| shamisens | 14 | - | - |
| shammasim | 18 | - | - |
| shammosim | 18 | - | - |
| shammying | 20 | - | - |
| shamoised | 15 | - | - |
| shamoises | 14 | - | - |
| shamoying | 18 | - | - |
| shampooer | 16 | - | - |
| shamrocks | 20 | - | - |
| shanachie | 17 | - | - |
| shandries | 13 | - | - |
| shanghais | 16 | - | - |
| shankbone | 18 | - | - |
| shantungs | 13 | - | - |
| shantyman | 17 | - | - |
| shantymen | 17 | - | - |
| shapeable | 16 | - | - |
| shapelier | 14 | - | - |
| shapening | 15 | - | - |
| shapewear | 17 | - | - |
| shareable | 14 | - | - |
| sharecrop | 16 | - | - |
| sharesman | 14 | - | - |
| sharesmen | 14 | - | - |
| shareware | 15 | software that is available free of charge; may be distributed for evaluation with a fee requested for additional features or a manual etc. | - |
| sharifian | 15 | - | - |
| sharkings | 17 | - | - |
| sharklike | 20 | - | - |
| sharniest | 12 | - | - |
| sharpings | 15 | - | - |
| sharptail | 14 | - | - |
| shashlick | 21 | - | - |
| shashliks | 19 | - | - |
| shatterer | 12 | - | - |
| shauchled | 18 | - | - |
| shauchles | 17 | - | - |
| shavasana | 15 | - | - |
| shaveable | 17 | - | - |
| shaveling | 16 | - | - |
| shavetail | 15 | - | - |
| shawarmas | 17 | - | - |
| shawlings | 16 | - | - |
| shawlless | 15 | - | - |
| sheadings | 14 | - | - |
| sheafiest | 15 | - | - |
| sheaflike | 19 | - | - |
| shealings | 13 | - | - |
| shearings | 13 | - | - |
| shearlegs | 13 | - | - |
| shearling | 13 | - | - |
| sheatfish | 18 | large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe | - |
| sheathers | 15 | - | - |
| sheathier | 15 | - | - |
| shebeened | 15 | - | - |
| shebeener | 14 | - | - |
| shechitah | 20 | - | - |
| shechitas | 17 | - | - |
| sheddable | 16 | - | - |
| sheddings | 15 | - | - |
| shedhands | 17 | - | - |
| shedloads | 14 | - | - |
| sheeniest | 12 | - | - |
| sheepcote | 16 | a pen for sheep | - |
| sheepcots | 16 | - | - |
| sheepdogs | 16 | - | - |
| sheephead | 18 | - | - |
| sheepiest | 14 | - | - |
| sheeplike | 18 | like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity | - |
| sheepwalk | 21 | farm devoted to raising sheep | - |
| sheerlegs | 13 | - | - |
| sheerness | 12 | - | - |
| sheetiest | 12 | - | - |
| sheetings | 13 | - | - |
| sheetless | 12 | - | - |
| sheetlike | 16 | resembling a sheet | - |
| shehitahs | 18 | - | - |
| sheikdoms | 19 | - | - |
| sheikhdom | 22 | the domain ruled by a sheik | - |
| sheilings | 13 | - | - |
| sheldduck | 20 | - | - |
| sheldrake | 17 | large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges | - |
| shelducks | 19 | - | - |
| shelffuls | 18 | - | - |
| shelfiest | 15 | - | - |
| shelflike | 19 | resembling a shelf (or considered to resemble a shelf) | shelflike table |
| shelfroom | 17 | - | - |
| shellacks | 18 | - | - |
| shellback | 20 | - | - |
| shellbark | 18 | North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts | - |
| shellduck | 19 | - | - |
| shellfuls | 15 | - | - |
| shelliest | 12 | - | - |
| shellings | 13 | - | - |
| shellwork | 19 | - | - |
| shelterer | 12 | - | - |
| shelviest | 15 | - | - |
| shelvings | 16 | - | - |
| shemozzle | 32 | (Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess | - |
| shepherds | 18 | - | - |
| sherberts | 14 | - | - |
| sherifian | 15 | - | - |
| sherlocks | 18 | - | - |
| sherrises | 12 | - | - |
| sherwanis | 15 | - | - |
| shetlands | 13 | - | - |
| sheuching | 18 | - | - |
| sheughing | 17 | - | - |
| shewbread | 18 | - | - |
| shibuichi | 19 | - | - |
| shickered | 19 | - | - |
| shielders | 13 | - | - |
| shielings | 13 | - | - |
| shiftable | 17 | - | - |
| shiftiest | 15 | - | - |
| shiftings | 16 | - | - |
| shiftwork | 22 | - | - |
| shigellae | 13 | - | - |
| shigellas | 13 | - | - |
| shiitakes | 16 | - | - |
| shikarees | 16 | - | - |
| shikarred | 17 | - | - |
| shikkered | 21 | - | - |
| shilingis | 13 | - | - |
| shillaber | 14 | - | - |
| shillalah | 15 | a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn) | - |
| shillalas | 12 | - | - |
| shillelah | 15 | - | - |
| shillings | 13 | - | - |
| shimmered | 17 | - | - |
| shimmying | 20 | - | - |
| shimozzle | 32 | - | - |
| shinbones | 14 | - | - |
| shineless | 12 | - | - |
| shinesses | 12 | - | - |
| shinglers | 13 | - | - |
| shinglier | 13 | - | - |
| shinguard | 14 | - | - |
| shininess | 12 | the visual property of something that shines with reflected light | - |
| shiningly | 16 | - | - |
| shinleafs | 15 | - | - |
| shinneyed | 16 | - | - |
| shinnying | 16 | - | - |
| shintying | 16 | - | - |
| shipborne | 16 | - | - |
| shiploads | 15 | - | - |
| shipmates | 16 | - | - |
| shipments | 16 | - | - |
| shippable | 18 | - | - |
| shippings | 17 | - | - |
| shippound | 17 | - | - |
| shipsides | 15 | - | - |
| shiptimes | 16 | - | - |
| shipworms | 19 | - | - |
| shipyards | 18 | - | - |
| shiralees | 12 | - | - |
| shiretown | 15 | - | - |
| shirralee | 12 | - | - |
| shirrings | 13 | - | - |
| shirtband | 15 | - | - |
| shirtiest | 12 | - | - |
| shirtings | 13 | - | - |
| shirtlike | 16 | - | - |
| shirttail | 12 | a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article | - |
| shitfaced | 18 | - | - |
| shitfaces | 17 | - | - |
| shitheads | 16 | - | - |
| shitheels | 15 | - | - |
| shitholes | 15 | - | - |
| shithouse | 15 | - | - |
| shitlists | 12 | - | - |
| shitloads | 13 | - | - |
| shitstorm | 14 | - | - |
| shitworks | 19 | - | - |
| shivareed | 16 | - | - |
| shivarees | 15 | - | - |
| shiverers | 15 | - | - |
| shiverier | 15 | - | - |
| shlemiehl | 17 | - | - |
| shlemiels | 14 | - | - |
| shleppers | 16 | - | - |
| shleppier | 16 | - | - |
| shlepping | 17 | - | - |
| shlimazel | 23 | (Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything | - |
| shlockier | 18 | - | - |
| shloshims | 17 | - | - |
| shlumpier | 16 | - | - |
| shlumping | 17 | - | - |
| shmaltzes | 23 | - | - |
| shmearing | 15 | - | - |
| shmeering | 15 | - | - |
| shmoosing | 15 | - | - |
| shmoozers | 23 | - | - |
| shmoozier | 23 | - | - |
| shmoozing | 24 | - | - |
| shmuckier | 20 | - | - |
| shnorrers | 12 | - | - |
| shoaliest | 12 | - | - |
| shoalings | 13 | - | - |
| shoalness | 12 | - | - |
| shoalwise | 15 | - | - |
| shochetim | 19 | - | - |
| shockable | 20 | capable of being shocked | - |
| shoddiest | 14 | - | - |
| shoebills | 14 | - | - |
| shoeblack | 20 | a person who polishes shoes and boots | - |
| shoeboxes | 21 | - | - |
| shoebrush | 17 | - | - |
| shoehorns | 15 | - | - |
| shoelaces | 14 | - | - |
| shoepacks | 20 | - | - |
| shoetrees | 12 | - | - |
| shogglier | 14 | - | - |
| shoggling | 15 | - | - |
| shonkiest | 16 | - | - |
| shooflies | 15 | - | - |
| shooglier | 13 | - | - |
| shoogling | 14 | - | - |
| shooshing | 16 | - | - |
| shootable | 14 | - | - |
| shootdown | 16 | - | - |
| shootings | 13 | - | - |
| shootists | 12 | - | - |
| shootouts | 12 | - | - |
| shopboard | 17 | - | - |
| shopfront | 17 | the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows | - |
| shopgirls | 15 | - | - |
| shophouse | 17 | - | - |
| shophroth | 20 | - | - |
| shoplifts | 17 | - | - |
| shoppiest | 16 | - | - |
| shoppings | 17 | - | - |
| shoptalks | 18 | - | - |
| shopwoman | 19 | - | - |
| shopwomen | 19 | - | - |
| shorebird | 15 | any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries | - |
| shorefast | 15 | - | - |
| shoreless | 12 | - | - |
| shoreside | 13 | - | - |
| shoresman | 14 | - | - |
| shoresmen | 14 | - | - |
| shoreward | 16 | (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land | - |
| shoreweed | 16 | - | - |
| shortages | 13 | - | - |
| shortarse | 12 | - | - |
| shortcuts | 14 | - | - |
| shortener | 12 | any agent that shortens | alcohol is a great shortener of life |
| shortgown | 16 | - | - |
| shorthair | 15 | - | - |
| shorthead | 16 | - | - |
| shorthold | 16 | - | - |
| shorthorn | 15 | English breed of short-horned cattle | - |
| shotcrete | 14 | - | - |
| shotfirer | 15 | - | - |
| shotholes | 15 | - | - |
| shotmaker | 18 | - | - |
| shotproof | 17 | - | - |
| shoulders | 13 | - | - |
| shouldest | 13 | - | - |
| shouthers | 15 | - | - |
| shoutiest | 12 | - | - |
| shoutings | 13 | - | - |
| shoutline | 12 | - | - |
| shoutouts | 12 | - | - |
| shovelers | 15 | - | - |
| shovelful | 18 | the quantity a shovel can hold | - |
| shoveller | 15 | freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill | - |
| showbizzy | 38 | - | - |
| showboats | 17 | - | - |
| showboxes | 24 | - | - |
| showbread | 18 | - | - |
| showcased | 18 | - | - |
| showcases | 17 | - | - |
| showdowns | 19 | - | - |
| showerers | 15 | - | - |
| showerful | 18 | - | - |
| showerier | 15 | - | - |
| showering | 16 | - | - |
| showgirls | 16 | - | - |
| showgoers | 16 | - | - |
| showiness | 15 | extravagant elaborateness | - |
| showjumps | 26 | - | - |
| showmance | 19 | - | - |
| showmanly | 20 | - | - |
| showrings | 16 | - | - |
| showrooms | 17 | - | - |
| showtimes | 17 | - | - |
| showyards | 19 | - | - |
| shraddhas | 17 | - | - |
| shrapnels | 14 | - | - |
| shredders | 14 | - | - |
| shreddier | 14 | - | - |
| shredless | 13 | - | - |
| shreeking | 17 | - | - |
| shreiking | 17 | - | - |
| shrewdest | 16 | - | - |
| shrewdies | 16 | - | - |
| shrewlike | 19 | - | - |
| shrewmice | 19 | - | - |
| shrieched | 18 | - | - |
| shrieches | 17 | - | - |
| shriekers | 16 | - | - |
| shriekier | 16 | - | - |
| shrieving | 16 | - | - |
| shrillest | 12 | - | - |
| shrillier | 12 | - | - |
| shrilling | 13 | a continuing shrill noise | the clash of swords and the shrilling of trumpets |
| shrimpers | 16 | - | - |
| shrimpier | 16 | - | - |
| shrimping | 17 | - | - |
| shrinkers | 16 | - | - |
| shritched | 18 | - | - |
| shritches | 17 | - | - |
| shrivings | 16 | - | - |
| shroffage | 19 | - | - |
| shroffing | 19 | - | - |
| shroomers | 14 | - | - |
| shrooming | 15 | - | - |
| shroudier | 13 | - | - |
| shrubbier | 16 | - | - |
| shrubbing | 17 | - | - |
| shrubland | 15 | - | - |
| shrubless | 14 | - | - |
| shrublike | 18 | - | - |
| shtetlach | 17 | - | - |
| shtickier | 18 | - | - |
| shtoomest | 14 | - | - |
| shtreimel | 14 | - | - |
| shtummest | 16 | - | - |
| shtupping | 17 | - | - |
| shubunkin | 18 | - | - |
| shuckings | 19 | - | - |
| shuddered | 15 | - | - |
| shufflers | 18 | - | - |
| shunnable | 14 | - | - |
| shunpiked | 19 | - | - |
| shunpiker | 18 | - | - |
| shunpikes | 18 | - | - |
| shuntings | 13 | - | - |
| shurikens | 16 | - | - |
| shutdowns | 16 | - | - |
| shuttlers | 12 | - | - |
| shuttling | 13 | - | - |
| shvartzes | 24 | - | - |
| shvitzing | 25 | - | - |
| shwanpans | 17 | - | - |
| shweshwes | 21 | - | - |
| shylocked | 22 | - | - |
| shynesses | 15 | - | - |
