8-Letter Words Starting With SHIFT
- 4 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 8-Letter Words Starting With SHIFT
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 8-Letter Words Starting With SHIFT 4 words
How common is SHIFT at the start of eight-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 4 eight-letter words that start with SHIFT. They average 15 points and the best is SHIFTILY (17 points).
- Total words
- 4
- Average Scrabble score
- 15
- out of 17 max
- Everyday words
- 50%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- G
- 25% of words
Most common last letters
- g 25%
- r 25%
- s 25%
Top vowel pairs
- ie25%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with SHIFT
s 1h 4i 1f 4t 1i 1l 1y 4
S 1 + H 4 + I 1 + F 4 + T 1 + I 1 + L 1 + Y 4 = 17 points
- Double word
- 34 pts
- Triple word
- 51 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
shiftily
- adverbin a shifty manner“he looked at his new customer shiftily”
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How many eight-letter words that start with SHIFT are there?
There are 4 eight-letter words that start with SHIFT in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with SHIFT?
SHIFTILY is worth 17 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are SHIFTING (15), SHIFTIER (14), SHIFTERS (14).
What are some common eight-letter words that start with SHIFT?
Everyday examples include SHIFTING, SHIFTIER, SHIFTILY. Sort the list by "Most common" to see the familiar words first.