Scrabble and Words with Friends

• SHELL is a valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• SHELL is a valid Words with Friends word worth 9 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• SHELL is a 5 letter word containing the letters e, h, l, l, s.

Definitions

• shell

  noun ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun

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• shell

  noun the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals

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• shell

  noun hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

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• shell

  noun the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts

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• shell

  noun the exterior covering of a bird's egg

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• shell

  noun a rigid covering that envelops an object
  the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice

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• shell

  noun a very light narrow racing boat

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• shell

  noun the housing or outer covering of something

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• shell

  noun a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

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• shell

  noun the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod

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• shell

  verb use explosives on
  The enemy has been shelling us all day

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• shell

  verb create by using explosives

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• shell

  verb fall out of the pod or husk
  The corn shelled

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• shell

  verb hit the pitches of hard and regularly
  He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning

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• shell

  verb look for and collect shells by the seashore

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• shell

  verb come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

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• shell

  verb remove from its shell or outer covering
  shell the legumes
  shell mussels

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• shell

  verb remove the husks from

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• Lookup SHELL using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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