Is SHANTY a word?
SHANTY is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends, has 6 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 59 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, SHANTY is a valid word.
What does shanty mean?
noun: small crude shelter used as a dwelling.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
SHANTY: word details
- Pronunciation: SHAN-tee (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 6 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 22,342 6-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside shanty
Words you can make from the letters of shanty.
Solve a whole rack, not just SHANTY
SHANTY is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does SHANTY mean?
SHANTY is a noun. It means: small crude shelter used as a dwelling.
Is SHANTY a valid word?
Yes, SHANTY is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.