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Is shield a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word shield is a Scrabble US word. The word shield is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

S1H4I1E1L1D2

Is shield a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word shield is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

S1H4I1E1L1D2

Is shield a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word shield is a Words With Friends word. The word shield is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1H3I1E1L2D2

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6-letter words (2 found)

DELISH,SHIELD,

5-letter words (18 found)

DEILS,DELIS,DESHI,DIELS,EILDS,HEIDS,HEILS,HIDES,IDLES,ISLED,LEISH,SHIED,SHIEL,SIDHE,SIDLE,SIELD,SILED,SLIDE,

4-letter words (35 found)

DEIL,DELI,DELS,DESI,DIEL,DIES,DISH,EDHS,EILD,EISH,ELDS,ELHI,HEID,HEIL,HELD,HIDE,HIED,HIES,HILD,IDES,IDLE,ISLE,LEIS,LIDS,LIED,LIES,SEIL,SELD,SHED,SIDE,SIDH,SILD,SILE,SLED,SLID,

3-letter words (26 found)

DEI,DEL,DIE,DIS,EDH,EDS,EHS,ELD,ELS,HES,HID,HIE,HIS,IDE,IDS,ISH,LED,LEI,LES,LID,LIE,LIS,SED,SEI,SEL,SHE,

2-letter words (13 found)

DE,DI,ED,EH,EL,ES,HE,HI,ID,IS,LI,SH,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 95 words from shield according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of shield

shield

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃiːld/
  • Rhymes: -iːld

Etymology 1

From Middle English scheld, shelde, from Old English scield (“shield”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeldu, from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“cut, split”). Cognate with West Frisian skyld, Dutch schild (“shield”), German Schild (“shield”), Danish skjold (“shield”), Icelandic skjöldur (“shield”) and Faroese skjøldur (“shield”).

Compare Latin scūtum (“shield”), Irish sciath (“shield”), Latgalian škīda (“shield”), Lithuanian skydas (“shield”), Russian щит (ščit, “shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, protect”), *skey- (“to cut, split”).

Noun

shield (plural shields)

  1. Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
    1. A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
    2. (figurative) One who protects or defends.
    3. (lichenology) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
    4. (mining, tunnelling) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
    5. (science fiction) A field of energy that protects or defends.
  2. A shape like that of a shield; usually, an inverted triangle with sides that curve inward to form a pointed bottom, commonly used for police identifications and company logos.
    1. (heraldry) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
    2. (Scotland, euphemistic, obsolete) A toilet seat.
    3. A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
    4. (obsolete) A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
    5. (transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
    6. (colloquial, law enforcement) A police badge.
  3. (geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
    1. (geology) A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
  4. (figuratively, Scotland, euphemistic, obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
  5. (automotive, British English) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision
Synonyms
  • (place with a toilet seat): See Thesaurus:bathroom
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Etymology 2

From Middle English shelden, from Old English scildan.

Verb

shield (third-person singular simple present shields, present participle shielding, simple past and past participle shielded)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To protect, to defend.
  2. (UK, intransitive) To shelter; to protect oneself.
  3. (electricity) To protect from the influence of. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
  • beshield
Translations

Anagrams

  • Diehls, delish, hidels, hidles, hields, ledish, sheild

Source: wiktionary.org