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Is shale a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word shale is a Scrabble US word. The word shale is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

S1H4A1L1E1

Is shale a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word shale is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

S1H4A1L1E1

Is shale a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word shale is a Words With Friends word. The word shale is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1H3A1L2E1

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5-letter words (7 found)

HALES,HALSE,HEALS,LEASH,SELAH,SHALE,SHEAL,

4-letter words (12 found)

ALES,HAES,HALE,HEAL,LAHS,LASE,LASH,LEAS,SALE,SEAL,SHEA,SLAE,

3-letter words (20 found)

AHS,ALE,ALS,ASH,EAS,EHS,ELS,HAE,HAS,HES,LAH,LAS,LEA,LES,SAE,SAL,SEA,SEL,SHA,SHE,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AH,AL,AS,EA,EH,EL,ES,HA,HE,LA,SH,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 52 words from shale according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of shale

shale hsale sahle ashle hasle ahsle shlae hslae slhae lshae hlsae lhsae salhe aslhe slahe lsahe alshe lashe halse ahlse hlase lhase alhse lahse shael hsael sahel ashel hasel ahsel sheal hseal sehal eshal hesal ehsal saehl asehl seahl esahl aeshl eashl haesl ahesl heasl ehasl aehsl eahsl shlea hslea slhea lshea hlsea lhsea shela hsela sehla eshla hesla ehsla sleha lseha selha eslha lesha elsha hlesa lhesa helsa ehlsa lehsa elhsa saleh asleh slaeh lsaeh alseh laseh saelh aselh sealh esalh aeslh easlh sleah lseah selah eslah lesah elsah alesh laesh aelsh ealsh leash elash hales ahles hlaes lhaes alhes lahes haels ahels heals ehals aehls eahls hleas lheas helas ehlas lehas elhas alehs laehs aelhs ealhs leahs elahs

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Definitions and meaning of shale

shale

Etymology

From Middle English schale (“shell, husk; scale”), from Old English sċealu (“shell, husk, pod”), from Proto-Germanic *skalō (compare West Frisian skaal (“dish”), Dutch schaal (“shell”), schalie (“shale”), German Schale (“husk, pod”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”) (compare Lithuanian skalà (“splinter”), Old Church Slavonic скала (skala, “rock, stone”), Polish skała (“rock”), Albanian halë (“fish bone, splinter”), Sanskrit कल (kalá, “small part”)), from *(s)kel- (“to split, cleave”) (compare Hittite [script needed] (iškalla, “to tear apart, slit open”), Lithuanian skélti (“to split”), Ancient Greek σκάλλω (skállō, “to hoe, harrow”)). Doublet of scale. See also shell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃeɪl/
  • Rhymes: -eɪl

Noun

shale (countable and uncountable, plural shales)

  1. A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
  2. (geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

Usage notes

Before the mid-19th century, the terms shale, slate and schist were not sharply distinguished. Shales that are subject to heat and pressure alter into slate, then schist and finally to gneiss.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • gneiss
  • schist
  • slate

Translations

Verb

shale (third-person singular simple present shales, present participle shaling, simple past and past participle shaled)

  1. To take off the shell or coat of.

Synonyms

  • shell

Translations

Anagrams

  • Hales, Heals, Sahel, Saleh, Selah, hales, halse, heals, leash, selah, sheal

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Noun

shale

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