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Is shine a Scrabble word?

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

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Is shine a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

SHINE,

4-letter words (13 found)

EISH,HENS,HIES,HINS,HISN,NESH,NIES,NISH,SHEN,SHIN,SIEN,SINE,SINH,

3-letter words (15 found)

EHS,ENS,HEN,HES,HIE,HIN,HIS,INS,ISH,NIE,NIS,SEI,SEN,SHE,SIN,

2-letter words (10 found)

EH,EN,ES,HE,HI,IN,IS,NE,SH,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 40 words from shine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of shine

shine hsine sihne ishne hisne ihsne shnie hsnie snhie nshie hnsie nhsie sinhe isnhe snihe nsihe inshe nishe hinse ihnse hnise nhise inhse nihse shien hsien sihen ishen hisen ihsen shein hsein sehin eshin hesin ehsin siehn isehn seihn esihn ieshn eishn hiesn ihesn heisn ehisn iehsn eihsn shnei hsnei snhei nshei hnsei nhsei sheni hseni sehni eshni hesni ehsni snehi nsehi senhi esnhi neshi enshi hnesi nhesi hensi ehnsi nehsi enhsi sineh isneh snieh nsieh inseh niseh sienh isenh seinh esinh iesnh eisnh sneih nseih senih esnih nesih ensih inesh niesh iensh einsh neish enish hines ihnes hnies nhies inhes nihes hiens ihens heins ehins iehns eihns hneis nheis henis ehnis nehis enhis inehs niehs ienhs einhs neihs enihs

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Definitions and meaning of shine

shine

Pronunciation

  • (US, UK) enPR: shīn, IPA(key): /ʃaɪn/, /ʃaːɪn/
  • Rhymes: -aɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English shinen, schinen (preterite schon, past participle schinen), from Old English scīnan (“to shine, flash; be resplendent”; preterite scān, past participle scinen), from Proto-West Germanic *skīnan (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine”).

Verb

shine (third-person singular simple present shines, present participle shining, simple past and past participle shone or shined)

  1. (intransitive, copulative) To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
  2. (intransitive, copulative) To reflect light.
  3. (intransitive, copulative) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
  4. (intransitive, copulative) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
  5. (intransitive, copulative) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
  6. (intransitive, copulative) To be immediately apparent.
  7. (transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
  8. (transitive) To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.
Synonyms
  • (to emit light): beam, glow, radiate
  • (to reflect light): gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, luster, reflect
  • (to distinguish oneself): excel
  • (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing): wax, buff, polish, furbish, burnish
Coordinate terms
  • (to emit light): beam, flash, glare, glimmer, shimmer, twinkle
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

shine (countable and uncountable, plural shines)

  1. Brightness from a source of light.
  2. Brightness from reflected light.
  3. Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.
  4. Shoeshine.
  5. Sunshine.
  6. (slang) Moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.
  7. (cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
  8. (slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.
    She's certainly taken a shine to you.
  9. (archaic, slang) A caper; an antic; a row.
Synonyms
  • (brightness from a source of light): effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency
  • (brightness from reflected light): luster
  • (excellence in quality or appearance): brilliance, splendor
  • (shoeshine): See shoeshine
  • (sunshine): See sunshine
  • (slang: moonshine): See moonshine
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From the noun shine, or perhaps continuing Middle English schinen in its causative uses, from Old English scīn (“brightness, shine”), and also Middle English schenen, from Old English scǣnan (“to render brilliant, make shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skainijaną, causative of *skīnaną (“to shine”).

Verb

shine (third-person singular simple present shines, present participle shining, simple past and past participle shined)

  1. (transitive) To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
    He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming.
  2. (transitive, cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
Synonyms
  • (to polish): polish, smooth, smoothen
Translations

Anagrams

  • Enshi, Heins, Hines, NIEHS, hsien

Irish

Adjective

shine

  1. Lenited form of sine.

Noun

shine

  1. Lenited form of sine.

Japanese

Romanization

shine

  1. Rōmaji transcription of しね

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

shine

  1. Alternative form of schyne (“shin”)

Etymology 2

Verb

shine

  1. Alternative form of schinen

Source: wiktionary.org