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Is shot a Scrabble word?

Yes, shot is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 7 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of shot?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (colloquial) Worn out or broken.Examples: "The rear axle will have to be replaced. It’s shot."; "... but he finds it hard to resist helping the boss's sister, who also works there and whose body "is more shot than mine.""; "Thompson girl, I'm stranded at the Unique Motel / Thompson girl, winterfighter's shot on the car as well"Synonyms: dilapidated, wrecked, clapped out, damaged, defective, deteriorated, dilapidated, effetecolloquial

2. (of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.Examples: "The cloak was shot through with silver threads."

noun (English)

1. (sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.Examples: "They took the lead on a last-minute shot."; "England's attacking impetus was limited to one shot from Lampard that was comfortably collected by keeper Iker Casillas, but for all Spain's domination of the ball his England counterpart Joe Hart was unemployed."countableuncountable

2. (countable, athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.Examples: "The shot flew twenty metres, and nearly landed on the judge's foot."countable

3. (uncountable, athletics) The athletics event of shot put.Examples: "For two years Templeton has given individual attention to Krenz. The young man has reciprocated by giving at least two hours each day to practice in the shot and discus."uncountable

4. (uncountable) Small metal balls, or other hard objects of various shapes, used as ammunition, especially in shotgun shells or artillery shells.Examples: "Steel shot, unlike lead shot, avoids contaminating the land with spent lead."; "The bank robbers' handloaded shotgun shells used rock salt as the shot."uncountable

5. (uncountable, military, historical) Metal or stone balls (or similar), not necessarily small, used as ammunition.Examples: "The shot for this ship's deck guns, in that day, consisted only of solid iron balls such as ten-pounders."; "Accurſt be he that firſt inuented war, They knew not, ah, they knew not ſimple men, How thoſe were hit by pelting Cannon ſhot, Stand ſtaggering like a quiuering Aſpen leafe, Fearing the force of Boreas boiſtrous blaſts."historicaluncountable

6. (figurative) An opportunity or attempt.Examples: "I'd like just one more shot at winning this game."; "You won't see me buying a round of Jägerbombs for girls half my age because I know when I have no shot."; "There are no decent galactic dating services. To have a shot at romance, you need to talk to people."countablefigurativelyuncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To load (a gun) with shot.Examples: "His order to me was, to see the top Chains put upon the Cables, and the Guns shotted."transitive

2. (transitive, MLE) To sell illegal drugs; to deal.Examples: "The mandem all used to go round there and get head off her, the sister blowing the man line by line while her brother shotted downstairs in the stairwell."; "[Verse 2:Kano]:If you've been shotting in the manor from way back when and you ain't on a kilo ting, I don't wanna hear about cunch and food and tings, man don't do those tings."Multicultural-London-Englishtransitive

3. (transitive, obsolete) To feed small shot to (a horse), as a fraudulent means of disguising broken-windedness.obsoletetransitive

intj (English)

1. (colloquial, New Zealand) An expression of gratitude, similar to thank you.New-Zealandcolloquial

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "shot"?

Scrabble
7 points
S1
H4
O1
T1
Words With Friends
6 points
S1
H3
O1
T1

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