Scrabble and Words with Friends

• SHIFT is a valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• SHIFT is a valid Words with Friends word worth 10 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• SHIFT is a 5 letter word containing the letters f, h, i, s, t.

Definitions

• shift

  noun an event in which something is displaced without rotation

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• shift

  noun a qualitative change

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• shift

  noun the time period during which you are at work

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• shift

  noun the act of changing one thing or position for another

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• shift

  noun the act of moving from one place to another
  his constant shifting disrupted the class

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• shift

  noun (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

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• shift

  noun a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time

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• shift

  noun the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters

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• shift

  noun a woman's sleeveless undergarment

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• shift

  noun a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

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• shift

  verb make a shift in or exchange of

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• shift

  verb change place or direction
  Shift one's position

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• shift

  verb move around

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• shift

  verb move very slightly
  He shifted in his seat

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• shift

  verb move from one setting or context to another
  shift the emphasis
  shift one's attention

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• shift

  verb change in quality
  His tone shifted

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• shift

  verb move and exchange for another
  shift the date for our class reunion

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• shift

  verb move sideways or in an unsteady way

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• shift

  verb move abruptly

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• shift

  verb use a shift key on a keyboard
  She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case

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• shift

  verb change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
  Grimm showed how the consonants shifted

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• shift

  verb change gears
  you have to shift when you go down a steep hill

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• shift

  verb lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

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• Lookup SHIFT using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

Synonyms

Words that sound like 'shift'

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