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Words starting with SHU

There are 77 words starting with SHU in the standard word-game list. The most common are shut, shuttle, shutter, shutting, shush, shuffle.

Most common, with meanings

WordMeaningPoints
shutnot open7
shuttlebadminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers10
shuttera mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure10
shuttingthe act of closing something12
shushsilence (someone) by uttering ‘shush!’11
shufflethe act of mixing cards haphazardly16
shunavoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of7
shushingThe act of making a shush sound to silence somebody.15
shuckssomething of little value15
shudderingshaking convulsively or violently16
shutdowntermination of operations15
shufflingwalking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet19
shudderan almost pleasurable sensation of fright12
shunta passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another8
shuffledJumbled together.18
shuffleboarda game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface24
shuckmaterial consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the…14
shuckerSomeone who shucks oysters, clams, corn (maize), walnuts, etc.16
shuckingAn event at which something is shucked.18
shudderyprovoking fear or terror16
shufflerthe card player who shuffles the cards17
shulAn Ashkenazic synagogue.7
shunnerOne who shuns (a thing).10
shunningdeliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening12
shunpikeA side road or route.17
shunpikerOne who avoids toll roads, or who uses sideroads to avoid toll booths.18
shuntedFitted with an electrical shunt11
shuntera small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips10
shuntingThe connection of an electrical component in parallel with another, the current being divided between them.12
shuteA steep road through a cleft in a hill.8
shuteyeinformal term for sleep13
shutoffA valve used to turn something off.16
shutouta defeat in a game where one side fails to score10
shutterbuga photography enthusiast16
shutteredprovided with shutters or shutters as specified; often used in combination13
shutteringThe act of closing something with shutters.14
shutterlessWithout a shutter.14
shuttlecockbadminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers22
shuttlingThe act by which something is shuttled.13

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