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Is shire a Scrabble word?

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

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Is shire a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (6 found)

HEIRS,HIRES,RHIES,SEHRI,SHIER,SHIRE,

4-letter words (14 found)

EISH,HEIR,HERS,HIES,HIRE,IRES,REHS,REIS,RESH,RISE,SEIR,SHIR,SHRI,SIRE,

3-letter words (16 found)

EHS,ERS,HER,HES,HIE,HIS,IRE,ISH,REH,REI,RES,SEI,SER,SHE,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (9 found)

EH,ER,ES,HE,HI,IS,RE,SH,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 46 words from shire according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of shire

shire hsire sihre ishre hisre ihsre shrie hsrie srhie rshie hrsie rhsie sirhe isrhe srihe rsihe irshe rishe hirse ihrse hrise rhise irhse rihse shier hsier siher isher hiser ihser sheir hseir sehir eshir hesir ehsir siehr isehr seihr esihr ieshr eishr hiesr ihesr heisr ehisr iehsr eihsr shrei hsrei srhei rshei hrsei rhsei sheri hseri sehri eshri hesri ehsri srehi rsehi serhi esrhi reshi ershi hresi rhesi hersi ehrsi rehsi erhsi sireh isreh srieh rsieh irseh riseh sierh iserh seirh esirh iesrh eisrh sreih rseih serih esrih resih ersih iresh riesh iersh eirsh reish erish hires ihres hries rhies irhes rihes hiers ihers heirs ehirs iehrs eihrs hreis rheis heris ehris rehis erhis irehs riehs ierhs eirhs reihs erihs

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Definitions and meaning of shire

shire

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English shire (“district, province, region; county; people living in a county or region; township or subdivision of some English counties; shire court; session of a shire court”) [and other forms], from Old English sċīr (“administrative region under an alderman and sheriff, shire; district under a governor or official; status of an official, office”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *skīru (“district; status of an official, office”); further etymology uncertain, possibly related to Latin cūra (“care, concern; administration, charge, management; command, office”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to heed; to see”).

The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʃaɪə/
  • (General American, Scotland) IPA(key): /ʃaɪ(ə)ɹ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Noun

shire (plural shires)

  1. (British)
    2. (chiefly historical) An administrative area or district between about the 5th to the 11th century, subdivided into hundreds or wapentakes and jointly governed by an ealdorman and a sheriff; also, a present-day area corresponding to such a historical district; a county; especially (England), a county having a name ending in -shire.
    3. (by extension) The people living in a shire (sense 1.1) considered collectively.
    4. (by extension, informal) The general area in which a person comes from or lives.
      Coordinate term: hometown
  2. (by extension) An administrative area or district in other countries.
    1. (Australia, often attributive) An outer suburban or rural local government area which elects its own council.
  3. Short for shire horse (“a draught horse of a tall British breed, usually bay, black, or grey”).
  4. (obsolete)
    1. A district or province governed by a person; specifically (Christianity), the province of an archbishop, the see of a bishop, etc.
    2. (by extension, generally) A region; also, a country.

Usage notes

After the Norman Conquest in the 11th century, sense 1.1 (“administrative area or district jointly governed by an ealdorman and a sheriff”) was generally replaced by county, a word of French origin.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • sheriff

Descendants

  • → Icelandic: skíri

Translations

Verb

shire (third-person singular simple present shires, present participle shiring, simple past and past participle shired)

  1. (transitive) To constitute or reconstitute (a country or region) into one or more shires (noun sense 1.1) or counties.

Derived terms

  • unshired

Translations

References

Further reading

  • shire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • shire (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Hersi, Hires, Hiser, Sheri, Shier, heirs, hi-res, hires, reish, shier

Dongxiang

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sirexe, compare Mongolian ширээ (širee).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʂiˈrə/

Noun

shire

  1. table

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English sċīr (“shire”), from Proto-West Germanic *skīru. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.

Alternative forms

  • shiere, chire, ssire, schire, schyre

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃiːr(ə)/

Noun

shire (plural shires)

  2. shire, district, county
    • late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 15-16.
Related terms
  • shirreve
Descendants
  • Scots: shire
  • English: shire
    • → Icelandic: skíri

Etymology 2

From Old English sċīr (“bright”).

Adjective

shire

  1. Alternative form of schyre (“bright”)

Etymology 3

From Old English sċīran, from Proto-Germanic *skīrijaną.

Verb

shire

  1. Alternative form of schiren

Source: wiktionary.org