Shires

Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:8 pts6 letters

Definition of Shires

noun

Physical area administered by a sheriff.
Former administrative area of Britain; a county.
"Yorkshire is the largest shire in England."
The general area in which a person lives or comes from, used in the context of travel within the United Kingdom.
"When are you coming back to the shire?"
A rural or outer suburban local government area of Australia.
A shire horse.

Anagrams of Shires

2 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "shires":

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "shires" and rearranging:

+ffishers serfish sherifs

+ggirshes sighers

+kshrieks shrikes

+lhirsels hirsles

+nshiners shrines

+ppishers reships

Related Word Patterns

SH...Words starting with "sh"...ESWords ending with "es"All 6-letter words Unscramble "shires"

Letter Values

s1

h4

i1

r1

e1

s1

Total: 9 Scrabble points

Word Tools

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Rhymes With Shires

aardwolves abacuses abalones abamperes abases abashes abates abatises abattises abbacies abbes abbesses

Related 6-Letter Words

sabals sabbat sabbed sabers sabine sabins sabirs sables sabots sabras sabred sabres sacbut sachem sachet

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid

TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid

Words With Friends: Valid

Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Shires"

Shires is a 6-letter word that scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "shires" can be rearranged to form 2 other valid words.

Using "Shires" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "shires" is a low-scoring word.