Is SHALLOWED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SHALLOWED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SHALLOWED mean?
Shallowed is a form of SHALLOW.
- adjective
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
“shallow water”
- noun
a stretch of shallow water
- verb
make shallow
“The silt shallowed the canal”
- verb
become shallow
“the lake shallowed over time”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
9
Letters
S (1) + H (4) + A (1) + L (1) + L (1) + O (1) + W (4) + E (1) + D (2) = 16 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for SHALLOWED
SHALLOWED has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from SHALLOWED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- hallowed15
- shawled14
- hallows13
- shallow13
- howled13
- shadow13
- shawed13
- showed13
- washed13
- whaled13
- sallowed12
- hallow12
- whales12
- wheals12
- wholes12
- dhows12
- hawed12
- allowed11
- halloed11
- hollaed11
- shoaled11
- hawse11
- howes11
- howls11
- shawl11
- welsh11
- whale11
- wheal11
- whole11
- whose11
- dhow11
- halloes10
- aholds10
- dholes10
- dholls10
- dowels10
- dwales10
- dwells10
- haloed10
- lashed10
- shaled10
- slowed10
- walled10
- wealds10
- woalds10
- haws10
- hews10
- howe10
- howl10
- hows10
- shaw10
- shew10
- show10
- shwa10
- wash10
- whoa10
- allows9
- hallos9
- haloes9
- haoles9
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