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SHEPHERD

8 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SHEPHERD Means

  1. noun: a clergyman who watches over a group of people
  2. noun: a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
  3. verb: watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of their pupils
  4. verb: tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SHEPHERD is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 E1 P3 H4 E1 R1 D2.

Words Made From The Letters In SHEPHERD

112 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

7 letter words (1)

6 letter words (8)

5 letter words (31)

4 letter words (36)

3 letter words (26)

2 letter words (10)

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