/ʃi/
pronounnounverbdeterminer

Is SHE a Scrabble word?

Yes. SHE is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning The female (typically) person or animal previously mentioned or implied.

Pronoun 4 meanings

  1. The female (typically) person or animal previously mentioned or implied.

    “I asked Mary, but she said that she didn't know.”

  2. A ship or boat.

    “She could do forty knots in good weather.”

  3. A country, or sometimes a city, province, planet, etc.

    “She is a poor place, but has beautiful scenery and friendly people.”

  4. A thing, especially a machine or other object, such as a car, a computer, or (poetically) a season.

    “She only gets thirty miles to the gallon on the highway, but she’s durable.”

Noun 1 meaning

  1. A female.

    “Pat is definitely a she.”

Verb 1 meaning

  1. To refer to (someone) using she/her pronouns.

Determiner 1 meaning

  1. Synonym of her.

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: she via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sche, scho, hyo, ȝho (“she”), whence also Yorkshire dialectal shoo (“she”), Scots she, sho (“she”).

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SHE at a glance

SHE has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (S 1 + H 4 + E 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #63 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -SHE

More endings

Same last three letters as SHE. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • TOKOLOSHE16
  • GOYISHE14
  • GALOSHE11
  • GOLOSHE11
  • NEBBISHE15
  • TIKOLOSHE16

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