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Is shore a Scrabble word?

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

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Is shore a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (8 found)

HEROS,HOERS,HORSE,HOSER,ROHES,SHERO,SHOER,SHORE,

4-letter words (18 found)

EROS,HERO,HERS,HOER,HOES,HORE,HORS,HOSE,ORES,REHS,REOS,RESH,RHOS,ROES,ROHE,ROSE,SHOE,SORE,

3-letter words (20 found)

EHS,ERS,HER,HES,HOE,HOS,OES,OHS,ORE,ORS,OSE,REH,REO,RES,RHO,ROE,SER,SHE,SHO,SOH,

2-letter words (12 found)

EH,ER,ES,HE,HO,OE,OH,OR,OS,RE,SH,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 59 words from shore according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of shore

shore hsore sohre oshre hosre ohsre shroe hsroe srhoe rshoe hrsoe rhsoe sorhe osrhe srohe rsohe orshe roshe horse ohrse hrose rhose orhse rohse shoer hsoer soher osher hoser ohser sheor hseor sehor eshor hesor ehsor soehr osehr seohr esohr oeshr eoshr hoesr ohesr heosr ehosr oehsr eohsr shreo hsreo srheo rsheo hrseo rhseo shero hsero sehro eshro hesro ehsro sreho rseho serho esrho resho ersho hreso rheso herso ehrso rehso erhso soreh osreh sroeh rsoeh orseh roseh soerh oserh seorh esorh oesrh eosrh sreoh rseoh seroh esroh resoh ersoh oresh roesh oersh eorsh reosh erosh hores ohres hroes rhoes orhes rohes hoers ohers heors ehors oehrs eohrs hreos rheos heros ehros rehos erhos orehs roehs oerhs eorhs reohs erohs

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Definitions and meaning of shore

shore

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: shô, IPA(key): /ʃɔː/
  • (General American) enPR: shôr, IPA(key): /ʃɔɹ/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: shōrʹ, IPA(key): /ʃo(ː)ɹ/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ʃoə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
  • Homophone: sure (accents with the pour–poor merger); Shaw (non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English schore, from Old English *sċora (attested as sċor- in placenames), from Proto-Germanic *skurô (“rugged rock, cliff, high rocky shore”). Possibly related to Old English sċieran (“to cut”), which survives today as English shear.

Cognate with Middle Dutch scorre (“land washed by the sea”), Middle Low German schor (“shore, coast, headland”), Middle High German schorre ("rocky crag, high rocky shore"; > German Schorre, Schorren (“towering rock, crag”)), and Limburgish sjaor (“riverbank”). Maybe connected with Norwegian Bokmål skjær.

Noun

shore (plural shores)

  1. Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
  2. (from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
Usage notes
  • Generally, only the largest of rivers, which are often estuaries, are said to have shores.
  • Rivers and other flowing bodies of water are said to have banks.
  • River bank(s) outnumbers River shore(s) about 200:3 at COCA.
Hyponyms
  • (land adjoining a large body of water): beach, headland, coast
Derived terms
Related terms
  • longshoreman
  • shorage
Translations

Verb

shore (third-person singular simple present shores, present participle shoring, simple past and past participle shored)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To arrive at the shore
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To put ashore.

Etymology 2

From Late Middle English shore (“a prop, a support”) [and other forms], from Middle Dutch schore, schare (“a prop, a stay”) (modern Dutch schoor), and Middle Low German schōre, schāre (“a prop, a stay; barrier; stockade”) (compare Old Norse skorða (“a prop, a stay”) (Norwegian skor, skorda)); further etymology unknown.

Noun

shore (plural shores)

  1. A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it.

Etymology 3

From Late Middle English shoren (“to prop, to support”) [and other forms], from Middle English shore (“a prop, a support”) (see etymology 2) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive form of verbs); compare Middle Dutch schooren (“to prop up, support”) and Middle Low German schore (“to shovel; to sweep”).

Derived terms

  • dogshore

Verb

shore (third-person singular simple present shores, present participle shoring, simple past and past participle shored) (transitive)

  1. Not followed by up: to provide (something) with support.
    Synonyms: buttress, reinforce, strengthen, support
  2. Usually followed by up: to reinforce (something at risk of failure).
    Synonyms: bolster, prop up
Derived terms
  • shore up
  • shorer
  • shoring (noun)
  • unshored
Translations

Etymology 4

See shear.

Verb

shore

  1. simple past of shear
    Synonym: sheared

Etymology 5

Originally, common-shore

Noun

shore (plural shores)

  1. (obsolete except Scotland) A sewer.

Etymology 6

Perhaps a variant of score or sure, equivalent to assure.

Verb

shore (third-person singular simple present shores, present participle shoring, simple past and past participle shored) (transitive, Scotland, archaic)

  1. To threaten or warn (someone).
  2. To offer (someone).

Etymology 7

Adverb

shore (comparative more shore, superlative most shore)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of sure.

References

Further reading

  • “shore”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

  • H-O-R-S-E, H.O.R.S.E., HORSE, Horse, RSeOH, Rohes, hoers, horse, hoser, shero, shoer

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