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Is shovel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word shovel is a Scrabble US word. The word shovel is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

S1H4O1V4E1L1

Is shovel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word shovel is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

S1H4O1V4E1L1

Is shovel a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word shovel is a Words With Friends word. The word shovel is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1H3O1V5E1L2

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6-letter words (2 found)

HOVELS,SHOVEL,

5-letter words (12 found)

HELOS,HOLES,HOSEL,HOVEL,HOVES,LOVES,OVELS,SHEOL,SHOVE,SLOVE,SOLVE,VOLES,

4-letter words (20 found)

EVOS,HELO,HOES,HOLE,HOLS,HOSE,HOVE,LEVO,LEVS,LOSE,LOSH,LOVE,OLES,OVEL,SHOE,SLOE,SOLE,VOES,VOLE,VOLS,

3-letter words (22 found)

EHS,ELS,EVO,HES,HOE,HOS,LES,LEV,LOS,OES,OHS,OLE,OSE,SEL,SEV,SHE,SHO,SOH,SOL,SOV,VOE,VOL,

2-letter words (11 found)

EH,EL,ES,HE,HO,LO,OE,OH,OS,SH,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 68 words from shovel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of shovel

shovel

Etymology

From Middle English shovele, schovel, showell, shoule, shole (> English dialectal shoul, shool), from Old English scofl (“shovel”), from Proto-Germanic *skuflō, *skūflō (“shovel”), equivalent to shove +‎ -el (instrumental/agent suffix).

Cognate with Scots shuffle, shule, shuil (“shovel”), Saterland Frisian Sköifel (“shovel”), West Frisian skoffel, schoffel (“hoe, spade, shovel”), Dutch schoffel (“spade, hoe”), Low German Schüfel, Schuffel (“shovel”), German Schaufel (“shovel”), Danish skovl (“shovel”), Swedish skyffel, skovel (“shovel”), Icelandic skófla (“shovel”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃʌvl̩/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃʌv(ə)l/
  • Rhymes: -ʌvəl
  • Hyphenation: shov‧el

Noun

shovel (plural shovels)

  1. A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. Not to be confused with a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.
  2. A mechanical part of an excavator with a similar function.
  3. (US) A spade.
  4. Short for shovel hat.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Fiji Hindi: sabbal
  • → Marshallese: jabōļ

Translations

Further reading

  • shovel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

shovel (third-person singular simple present shovels, present participle shoveling or shovelling, simple past and past participle shoveled or shovelled)

  1. To move materials with a shovel.
    After the blizzard, we shoveled the driveway for the next two days.
    I don't mind shoveling, but using a pickaxe hurts my back terribly.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To move with a shoveling motion.

Derived terms

  • shovel out

Related terms

  • shove

Translations

See also

  • scoop

Anagrams

  • hovels

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English shovel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃoːvəl/

Noun

shovel m (plural shovels, diminutive shoveltje n)

  1. loader (tractor with a scoop)
    Synonym: wiellader

Source: wiktionary.org