5 letter words starting with sh

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  • SHACK
  • SHADE
  • SHADS
  • SHADY
  • SHAFT
  • SHAGS
  • SHAHS
  • SHAKA
  • SHAKE
  • SHAKO
  • SHAKT
  • SHAKY
  • SHALE
  • SHALL
  • SHALM
  • SHALT
  • SHALY
  • SHAMA
  • SHAME
  • SHAMS
  • SHAND
  • SHANK
  • SHANS
  • SHAPE
  • SHAPS
  • SHARD
  • SHARE
  • SHARK
  • SHARN
  • SHARP
  • SHART
  • SHASH
  • SHAUL
  • SHAVE
  • SHAWL
  • SHAWM
  • SHAWN
  • SHAWS
  • SHAYA
  • SHAYS
  • SHCHI
  • SHEAF
  • SHEAL
  • SHEAR
  • SHEAS
  • SHEDS
  • SHEEL
  • SHEEN
  • SHEEP
  • SHEER
  • SHEET
  • SHEIK
  • SHELF
  • SHELL
  • SHEND
  • SHENG
  • SHENT
  • SHEOL
  • SHERD
  • SHERE
  • SHERO
  • SHETS
  • SHEVA
  • SHEWN
  • SHEWS
  • SHIAI
  • SHIED
  • SHIEL
  • SHIER
  • SHIES
  • SHIFT
  • SHILL
  • SHILY
  • SHIMS
  • SHINE
  • SHINS
  • SHINY
  • SHIOK
  • SHIPS
  • SHIRE
  • SHIRK
  • SHIRR
  • SHIRS
  • SHIRT
  • SHISH
  • SHISO
  • SHIST
  • SHITE
  • SHITS
  • SHIUR
  • SHIVA
  • SHIVE
  • SHIVS
  • SHLEP
  • SHLUB
  • SHMEK
  • SHMOE
  • SHOAL
  • SHOAT
  • SHOCK
  • SHOED
  • SHOER
  • SHOES
  • SHOGI
  • SHOGS
  • SHOJI
  • SHOJO
  • SHOLA
  • SHONE
  • SHONK
  • SHOOK
  • SHOOL
  • SHOON
  • SHOOS
  • SHOOT
  • SHOPE
  • SHOPS
  • SHORE
  • SHORL
  • SHORN
  • SHORT
  • SHOTE
  • SHOTS
  • SHOTT
  • SHOUD
  • SHOUT
  • SHOVE
  • SHOWD
  • SHOWN
  • SHOWS
  • SHOWY
  • SHOYU
  • SHRED
  • SHREW
  • SHRIS
  • SHROW
  • SHRUB
  • SHRUG
  • SHTAR
  • SHTIK
  • SHTUM
  • SHTUP
  • SHUBA
  • SHUCK
  • SHULE
  • SHULN
  • SHULS
  • SHUNS
  • SHUNT
  • SHURA
  • SHUSH
  • SHUTE
  • SHUTS
  • SHWAS
  • SHYER
  • SHYLY

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:


Definition of shies

shies (noun)

  1. An act of throwing.
  2. A place for throwing.
  3. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
  4. In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.

shies (verb)

  1. To avoid due to timidness or caution.
  2. To jump back in fear.
  3. To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling

Definition of shims

shims (noun)

  1. A wedge.
  2. A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
  3. A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
  4. A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
  5. A small metal device used to pick open a lock.

shims (verb)

  1. To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery.
  2. To adjust something by using shims.
  3. To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.

shims (noun)

  1. A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits, also called a he-she; transsexual.
  2. Hermaphrodite.

Definition of shirk

shirk (noun)

  1. One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility.

shirk (verb)

  1. To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
  2. To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
  3. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.

shirk (noun)

  1. The unforgivable sin of idolatry.