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Is shelving a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word shelving is a Scrabble US word. The word shelving is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

S1H4E1L1V4I1N1G2

Is shelving a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word shelving is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

S1H4E1L1V4I1N1G2

Is shelving a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word shelving is a Words With Friends word. The word shelving is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1H3E1L2V5I1N2G3

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8-letter words (1 found)

SHELVING,

7-letter words (3 found)

ENGLISH,HELVING,SHINGLE,

6-letter words (14 found)

ELSHIN,ELVISH,GIVENS,HELING,HINGES,INGLES,LEVINS,LIGNES,LIVENS,NEIGHS,SINGLE,SLEIGH,SLIVEN,SNIVEL,

5-letter words (41 found)

EHING,ELSIN,EVILS,GIVEN,GIVES,GLEIS,GLENS,HEILS,HINGE,HINGS,HIVES,INGLE,LEISH,LENGS,LENIS,LEVIN,LEVIS,LIENS,LIGNE,LINES,LINGS,LIVEN,LIVES,NEIGH,NELIS,NIGHS,SEGNI,SENGI,SHIEL,SHINE,SHIVE,SILEN,SINGE,SLING,SLIVE,VEILS,VEINS,VINES,VISNE,VLEIS,VLIES,

4-letter words (63 found)

EGIS,EISH,ELHI,ENGS,EVIL,GELS,GENS,GHIS,GIEN,GIES,GINS,GIVE,GLEI,GLEN,HEIL,HENS,HIES,HING,HINS,HISN,HIVE,INGS,ISLE,LEGS,LEIS,LENG,LENS,LEVS,LIEN,LIES,LIGS,LINE,LING,LINS,LIVE,NEGS,NESH,NEVI,NIES,NIGH,NILS,NISH,SEIL,SHEN,SHIN,SHIV,SIEN,SIGH,SIGN,SILE,SINE,SING,SINH,SNIG,VEIL,VEIN,VIES,VIGS,VILE,VINE,VINS,VISE,VLEI,

3-letter words (43 found)

EHS,ELS,ENG,ENS,GEL,GEN,GHI,GIE,GIN,GIS,HEN,HES,HIE,HIN,HIS,ING,INS,ISH,LEG,LEI,LES,LEV,LIE,LIG,LIN,LIS,NEG,NIE,NIL,NIS,SEG,SEI,SEL,SEN,SEV,SHE,SIG,SIN,VEG,VIE,VIG,VIN,VIS,

2-letter words (13 found)

EH,EL,EN,ES,GI,HE,HI,IN,IS,LI,NE,SH,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 179 words from shelving according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of shelving

shelving

Adjective

shelving (comparative more shelving, superlative most shelving)

  1. Sloping (as opposed to horizontally flat or vertically upright).
    Synonyms: inclining, pitched, tilted
    • 1858, George Eliot, Scenes of Clerical Life, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, Volume 2, “Janet’s Repentance,” Chapter 3, p. 87,[3]
      her cheeks, which, on Whitsunday, loomed through a Turnerian haze of net-work, were, on Trinity Sunday, seen reposing in distinct red outline on her shelving bust, like the sun on a fog-bank

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Verb

shelving

  1. present participle and gerund of shelve

Noun

shelving (countable and uncountable, plural shelvings)

  1. Shelves collectively.
  2. (chiefly in the plural) The side-rails of a cart or waggon.
  3. (now rare) A sloping surface.
    Synonyms: declivity, slope

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