5-Letter Words Starting with SH

All 111 five-letter words that start with SH

SHA

• shabu10n. Methedrine; methamphetamine.
• shack14n. A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.
• shade9n. Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
• shady12adj. Abounding in shades.
• shaft11n. The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
• shahi11n. A former currency unit of Iran, worth one twentieth of a qiran.
• shail8v. To walk or move unsteadily or haphazardly; stumbling or shuffling.
• shaka12n. A greeting gesture in which the thumb and little finger are extended...
• shake12v. To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions...
• shako12n. A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a...
• shaku12n. The Japanese foot, a traditional Japanese unit of length equal to 10...
• shaky15adj. Shaking or trembling.
• shale8n. A shell, scale or husk; a cod or pod.
• shall8v. Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first...
• shaly11adj. Pertaining to or resembling shale.
• shama10n. Copsychus malabaricus (white-rumped shama), a saxicoline songbird of...
• shame10n. An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness...
• shand9n. Shame; scandal; disgrace.
• shang9n. A Chinese unit of land area equivalent to 15 mu or about one hectare.
• shank12n. The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
• shant8n. A drink, usually a pint.
• shape10n. The status or condition of something.
• shard9n. A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an...
• share8n. A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to...
• shari8n. Dead wood on the main trunk of a bonsai tree.
• shark12n. Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a...
• sharm10n. Self-harm.
• sharn8n. The dung or manure of cattle or sheep.
• sharp10adj. Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce...
• shash11n. The scarf of a turban.
• shave11v. To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a...
• shawl11n. A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head...
• shawm13n. A mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body.
• shaws11n. Stalks or leaves of root vegetables.

SHE

• sheaf11n. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound...
• shear8v. To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.
• sheat8n. A sheatfish.
• sheen8n. Splendor; radiance; shininess.
• sheep10n. A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.
• sheer8adj. Very thin or transparent.
• sheet8n. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over...
• shelf11n. A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a...
• shell8n. The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans...
• sheng9n. A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or...
• sherm10n. The drug phencyclidine (PCP).
• shero8n. A female hero.
• sheth11n. The bar on a plough which projects downward beneath the beam to connect...

SHI

• shian8n. A magical fairy mound.
• shide9n. A piece of wood (a thin board or plank, or a strip of wood split off)...
• shido9n. A minor penalty in judo.
• shiel8n. A shepherd's hut or shieling.
• shift11n. A movement to do something, a beginning.
• shifu11n. Synonym of sifu: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
• shiko12n. One of the basic sumo exercises, in which the rikishi raises a leg high...
• shill8n. A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial.
• shine8v. To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
• shiny11adj. Reflecting light.
• shiok12adj. Delightful, pleasurable.
• shire8n. An administrative area or district between about the 5th to the 11th...
• shirk12v. To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
• shiro8n. A stew of Ethiopia and Eritrea origin whose primary ingredient is...
• shirt8n. An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body...
• shish11interj. Used to request quiet; similar to shh.
• shiso8n. Any of several varieties of the herb Perilla frutescens, related to...
• shiur8n. A lesson on a topic in the Tanakh.
• shiva11n. A weeklong period of formal mourning for a close relative.
• shive11n. A slice, especially of bread.

SHM

• shmoo10n. A fictional animal created by cartoonist Al Capp, shaped like a smooth...
• shmup12n. A shoot-'em-up, particularly a two-dimensional shooter themed around...

SHO

• shoah11n. A mass murder.
• shoal8n. A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
• shoat8n. A weaned piglet; any piglet.
• shobe10n. The youngest sister.
• shock14n. A sudden, heavy impact.
• shodo9n. Japanese calligraphy.
• shoey11n. A shoe.
• shogi9n. Japanese chess; a board game similar to chess, invented and...
• shoji15n. A door or partition consisting of a wooden frame covered in rice paper...
• shojo15n. A style of anime and manga intended for young women.
• shola8n. A wild plant of species Aeschynomene aspera, found in Bengal and Assam...
• shole8n. A wooden block plank fixed beneath an object, such as the rudder of a...
• shook12n. A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.
• shool8v. To move materials with a shovel.
• shoop10n. The fruit of the rose; rosehip.
• shoot8v. To fire (a weapon that releases a bullet or other projectile).
• shorb10n. A shorebird.
• shore8n. Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or...
• shorn8adj. Of a sheep, etc., having been shorn.
• short8adj. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either...
• shota8n. Hentai anime or manga, or other Japanese-inspired erotic art featuring...
• shoto8n. In the Street Fighter series, either of the playable characters Ryu and...
• shout8n. A loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry...
• shove11v. To push, especially roughly or with force.
• showy14adj. Making a striking or aesthetically pleasing display.
• shoyu11n. A dark form of soy sauce.

SHR

• shram10v. To cause to shrink or shrivel with cold; to numb.
• shred9n. A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.
• shrew11n. Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the...
• shrub10n. A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from...
• shrug9n. A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of...

SHT

• shtum10adj. Silent; speechless; dumb.

SHU

• shuck14n. The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g....
• shuka12n. A sash (decorative length of cloth) worn in parts of Africa.
• shunk12v. To impact and penetrate something with a heavy sound, like a blade...
• shunt8v. To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a...
• shura8n. A body that provides counsel to a leader.
• shush11v. To be quiet; to keep quiet.
• shute8n. A steep road through a cleft in a hill.
• shuwa11n. A dish from Oman consisting of lamb or goat slow-cooked for hours...

SHY

• shyer11n. A horse that shies.
• shyly14adv. In a shy manner.

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with SH are there?

Word.ws lists 111 five-letter words that start with SH, plus 30 rare ones.

What are common five-letter words that start with SH?

short, share, shall, shoot, shape, shirt, shift and shame.

Which of the five-letter words that start with SH has the highest letter score?

shojo scores 15 points with the standard letter tile values.

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