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Is shift a Scrabble word?

Yes, shift is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 11 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of shift?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (obsolete) A share, a portion assigned on division.countableobsoleteuncountable

2. (historical) A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a slip or chemise.Examples: "Just last week she bought a new shift at the market."; "No; without a gown, in a shift that was somewhat of the coarsest, and none of the cleanest, bedewed likewise with some odoriferous effluvia, the produce of the day's labour, with a pitchfork in her hand, Molly Seagrim approached."; "At length, one night, when the company by some accident broke up much sooner than ordinary, so that the candles were not half burnt out, she was not able to resist the temptation, but resolved to have them some way or other. Accordingly, as soon as the hurry was over, and the servants, as she thought, all gone to sleep, she stole out of her bed, and went down stairs, naked to her shift as she was, with a design to steal them […]"countablehistoricaluncountable

3. (US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.Examples: "Does it come with a stick-shift?"UScountableuncountable

4. (computing) A control code or character used to change between different character sets.countableuncountable

5. (computing) A control code or character used to change between different character sets.countableuncountable

6. (computing) A bit shift.countableuncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive, sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.Examples: "We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office."; "But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea."; "The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. […] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate […] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled."Synonyms: relocatefigurativelysometimestransitive

2. (ergative, figurative) To change in form or character; switch.Examples: "As a result, I shifted my approach to focus on group-generated activities and broadened the chronological time frame."; "His voice shifted from song to whisper."ergativefiguratively

3. (intransitive, sometimes reflexive and figurative) To change position; to move.Examples: "She shifted slightly in her seat."; "His political stance shifted daily."; "We were hoping he could shift himself to take care of the problem, but he couldn't be shifted."Synonyms: repositionfigurativelyintransitivereflexivesometimes

4. (intransitive, India) To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.Examples: "We are shifting to America next month."Synonyms: move, relocateIndiaintransitive

5. (obsolete, transitive) To change (clothes, especially underwear); to change the clothes of.Examples: "'Tis very good to wash his hands and face often, to shift his clothes, to have fair linen about him, to be decently and comely attired […]."obsoletetransitive

6. (obsolete, transitive, reflexive) To change (someone's) clothes; sometimes specifically, to change underwear.Examples: "As it were, to ride day and night; and […] not to have patience to shift me."; "The first thing he did was to secure a convenient lodging at the inn where he dined; then he shifted himself, and according to the direction he had received, went to the house of Mrs. Gauntlet […]."obsoletereflexivetransitive

noun (English)

1. (computing) A modifier key whose main function is shifting between two or more functions of any of certain other keys (usually by pressing Shift and the other button simultaneously).Synonyms: shift key

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "shift"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "shift"?

Scrabble
11 points
S1
H4
I1
F4
T1
Words With Friends
10 points
S1
H3
I1
F4
T1

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