Is SHALLOWEST a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SHALLOWEST is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SHALLOWEST mean?
Shallowest 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
10
Letters
S (1) + H (4) + A (1) + L (1) + L (1) + O (1) + W (4) + E (1) + S (1) + T (1) = 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 SHALLOWEST
SHALLOWEST 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 SHALLOWEST
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- shallows14
- thawless14
- thowless14
- hallows13
- howlets13
- shallow13
- swathes13
- wealths13
- sallowest12
- hallow12
- hawses12
- howlet12
- shawls12
- swathe12
- swaths12
- washes12
- wealth12
- whales12
- whatso12
- wheals12
- wheats12
- wholes12
- haltless11
- shallots11
- shoalest11
- hawse11
- howes11
- howls11
- shawl11
- shaws11
- shews11
- shows11
- shwas11
- swash11
- swath11
- thaws11
- thews11
- welsh11
- whale11
- whats11
- wheal11
- wheat11
- whets11
- whole11
- whose11
- asshole10
- halloes10
- haslets10
- hatless10
- hostels10
- lawless10
- lethals10
- loathes10
- sallows10
- shallot10
- sheltas10
- slowest10
- swolest10
- tallows10
- wallets10
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