How many words start with SH?

1,456, ranging from 2 to 15 letters.

What is the best scoring word that starts with SH?

SHOWBIZZY, worth 38 points in Scrabble.

SHIFTLESSNESSES and SHAMELESSNESSES, at 15 letters.

1,456 words begin with SH, and SHOWBIZZY scores the most at 38 points.

Showing the highest-scoring of 1,456 words. The pages linked below split the rest into smaller lists.

Searching for words that begin with SH turns up 1,456 of them, grouped below by how long they are.

3 words reach 15 letters, the longest here. The bulk sit at 8 letters with 308 entries.

Scrabble values put SHOWBIZZY at 38 points on top. It tops both tables: 37 in Words With Friends as well.

Top of the list by length: SHIFTLESSNESSES, SHAMELESSNESSES and SHAPELESSNESSES, all 15 letters.

Only the highest-scoring words are shown. Use the solver above with a starting or ending filter to find the rest.

shamefacedness: feeling embarrassed about yourself
sheepshearing: act of shearing sheep
shiftlessness: a failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition
shamelessness: behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame
shapelessness: an amorphous or indefinite shape

How many words start with SH?: 1,456, ranging from 2 to 15 letters.
What is the best scoring word that starts with SH?: SHOWBIZZY, worth 38 points in Scrabble.
What is the longest word that starts with SH?: SHIFTLESSNESSES and SHAMELESSNESSES, at 15 letters.