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Is shutdown a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word shutdown is a Scrabble US word. The word shutdown is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is shutdown a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word shutdown is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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Is shutdown a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word shutdown is a Words With Friends word. The word shutdown is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

SHUTDOWN,

6-letter words (9 found)

DONUTS,HOUNDS,STOUND,STOWND,SWOUND,UNSHOD,UNSHOT,UNSTOW,WOUNDS,

5-letter words (38 found)

DHOWS,DONUT,DOUTS,DOWNS,DOWTS,DUNSH,DUNTS,HONDS,HOUND,HOUTS,HUNTS,NODUS,NOWTS,NUTSO,SHOUT,SHOWD,SHOWN,SHUNT,SNOUT,SOUND,SOUTH,SOWND,SOWTH,STOND,STOUN,STOWN,SWOUN,THOUS,THUDS,TONUS,TOUNS,TOWNS,TUNDS,UDONS,UNDOS,UNSOD,WONTS,WOUND,

4-letter words (81 found)

DHOW,DOHS,DONS,DOSH,DOST,DOTH,DOTS,DOUN,DOUT,DOWN,DOWS,DOWT,DUNS,DUNT,DUOS,DUSH,DUST,HODS,HOND,HONS,HOST,HOTS,HOUT,HOWS,HUNS,HUNT,HUSO,HUTS,NODS,NOSH,NOUS,NOUT,NOWS,NOWT,NUTS,ONST,ONUS,OUDS,OUST,OUTS,OWNS,OWTS,SHOD,SHOT,SHOW,SHUN,SHUT,SNOD,SNOT,SNOW,SOTH,SOUT,SOWN,STOW,STUD,STUN,SWOT,THON,THOU,THUD,THUS,TODS,TONS,TOSH,TOUN,TOWN,TOWS,TUND,TUNS,TUSH,TWOS,UDON,UDOS,UNDO,UNTO,WHOT,WONS,WONT,WOST,WOTS,WUDS,

3-letter words (57 found)

DOH,DON,DOS,DOT,DOW,DSO,DUH,DUN,DUO,HOD,HON,HOS,HOT,HOW,HUN,HUT,NOD,NOH,NOS,NOT,NOW,NTH,NUS,NUT,ODS,OHS,ONS,OUD,OUS,OUT,OWN,OWT,SHO,SOD,SOH,SON,SOT,SOU,SOW,SUD,SUN,THO,TOD,TON,TOW,TUN,TWO,UDO,UDS,UNS,UTS,WHO,WON,WOS,WOT,WUD,WUS,

2-letter words (19 found)

DO,HO,NO,NU,OD,OH,ON,OS,OU,OW,SH,SO,ST,TO,UH,UN,US,UT,WO,

You can make 205 words from shutdown according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of shutdown

shutdown

Alternative forms

  • shut-down

Etymology

Deverbal from shut down.

Noun

shutdown (countable and uncountable, plural shutdowns)

  1. The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.
    You need to enter your password at startup, but it's not required at shutdown.
    There is a plastic molly-guard covering the escalator's shutdown button to prevent little kids from pushing it and stopping the escalator.
  2. A statement, insult, etc. that prevents the opponent from replying further.
    When he insulted me, my reply was such a shutdown that he left the room.
  3. (psychology, autism) An autistic response to stress or sensory overload, in which the individual freezes up and becomes silent, motionless, and unresponsive.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:shutdown.

Synonyms

  • (act of stopping operations): shuttering

Antonyms

  • startup

Coordinate terms

  • shutoff (noun)

Derived terms

  • government shutdown

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Japanese: シャットダウン (shattodaun)
  • → Russian: шатда́ун (šatdáun)

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Further reading

  • “shutdown”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  • “shutdown”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • “shutdown”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “shutdown”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Source: wiktionary.org