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5-letter words starting with SH

There are 114 5-letter words starting with SH in the standard word-game list. The most common are shall, shoot, short, share, shoes, shame. Every five-letter word here is a valid Wordle guess, and the commonest ones are the likeliest answers.

Most common, with meanings

WordMeaningPoints
shallUsed before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural.8
shoota new branch8
shortprimarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration8
shareassets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group8
shoesa particular situation8
shamea painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt10
shirta garment worn on the upper half of the body8
shakebuilding material used as siding or roofing12
shapethe supreme headquarters that advises NATO on military matters and oversees all aspects of the Allied…10
shockthe feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally14
shiftan event in which something is displaced without rotation11
sharp(of something seen or heard) clearly defined10
shinethe quality of being bright and sending out rays of light8
shouta loud utterance; often in protest or opposition8
sheepwoolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat10
sharkany of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin…12
shellammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired…8
shorethe land along the edge of a body of water8
sheetany broad thin expanse or surface8
shavethe act of removing hair with a razor11
shovethe act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)11
shinyreflecting light11
shaderelative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body9
shelfa support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects11
shafta line that forms the length of an arrow pointer11
shooka disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment12
sheercomplete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers8
shacksmall crude shelter used as a dwelling14
shiva(Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative11
shadyquiet, dark, or concealed12
shushsilence (someone) by uttering ‘shush!’11
shaltSecond-person singular simple present form of shall8
shreda tiny or scarcely detectable amount9
shakyinclined to shake as from weakness or defect15
sheikthe leader of an Arab village or family12
shawlcloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders11
shanka cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg12
sheenthe visual property of something that shines with reflected light8
sharda broken piece of a brittle artifact9
shrewa scolding nagging bad-tempered woman11
shalea sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay8
shruga gesture involving the shoulders9
shunta passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another8
shirea former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county8
shear(physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction…8
showymarked by ostentation but often tasteless14
shoala sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide8
shojia translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper15
shirkavoid (one's assigned duties)12
shruba low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems10
shuckmaterial consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the…14
shilla decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others8
shakotall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions12
shalyPertaining to or resembling shale.11
sharnThe dung or manure of cattle or sheep.8
shawma medieval oboe13
shawsStalks or leaves of root vegetables.11
sheafa package of several things tied together for carrying or storing11
shealA shieling8
shendTo disgrace or put to shame.9

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