Is SHOULDERS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SHOULDERS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SHOULDERS mean?
Shoulders is a form of SHOULDER.
- noun
the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
- verb
lift onto one's shoulders
- verb
push with the shoulders
“He shouldered his way into the crowd”
- noun
a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
13
Scrabble
14
Words With Friends
9
Letters
S (1) + H (4) + O (1) + U (1) + L (1) + D (2) + E (1) + R (1) + S (1) = 13 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 SHOULDERS
SHOULDERS 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 SHOULDERS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- shoulder12
- holders11
- hurdles11
- shrouds11
- sloshed11
- slushed11
- housels10
- housers10
- dehors10
- dholes10
- doshes10
- holder10
- hordes10
- horsed10
- housed10
- hurdle10
- hurled10
- lushed10
- reshod10
- rushed10
- sherds10
- shored10
- should10
- shreds10
- shroud10
- horses9
- hosels9
- hosers9
- housel9
- houser9
- houses9
- lusher9
- lushes9
- rhesus9
- rhuses9
- rushes9
- sheols9
- shoers9
- shores9
- shorls9
- ushers9
- dhole9
- herds9
- holds9
- holed9
- horde9
- hosed9
- hurds9
- sheds9
- sherd9
- shoed9
- shred9
- dorsels8
- dousers8
- rodless8
- solders8
- helos8
- herls8
- heros8
- hoers8
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