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shipshape

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Is shipshape a Scrabble word?

Yes, shipshape is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 19 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of shipshape?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (originally nautical) Meticulously neat and tidy.Examples: "SHIP-shape, in a seaman-like manner; as "That mast is not rigged ship-shape;" "Put her about ship-shape," &c."; "[I]t would have been more ship-shape to lower the bight of a rope, or a running bow-line, below me, than to seize an old sea-man by his head-lanyard; [...]"; "When we set out on the jolly voyage of life, what a brave fleet there is around us, as stretching our fresh canvas to the breeze, all "shipshape and Bristol fashion," pennons flying, music playing, cheering each other as we pass, we are rather amused than alarmed when some awkward comrade goes right ashore for want of pilotage!"Synonyms: shipshape and Bristol fashion, tight, in order, neat, neat and tidy, neat as a new pin, neat as a pin, nice as ninepenceAntonyms: orderly

adv (English)

1. (originally nautical) Neatly and tidily to a meticulous extent.Examples: "No—sir—if I sink, I sink; but d——e, I'll go down ship-shape and with dignity."; "I have said a good deal about Bertha, because I like her frank, easy way, her desire to please, and her pleasant natural manner of doing it. I do n't think novel-writers and picture-makers say enough about such girls. [...] Those are the girls, Ma'am, whom I want to see described by people who know how to do this sort of thing up shipshape."; "Some of you have n't sense enough to put a blanket ship-shape over a sick man. There! Leave it alone! I can die anyhow!"Synonyms: handsomely

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "shipshape"?

Scrabble
19 points
S1
H4
I1
P3
S1
H4
A1
P3
E1
Words With Friends
19 points
S1
H3
I1
P4
S1
H3
A1
P4
E1

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