5 letter words starting with shi

Looking for a clue for todays Wordle or another Word game? Look no further! We got you covered. We got quite a few plausible five letter words starting with shi.

• 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

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 shift

shift (noun)

1. A modifier key whose main function is shifting between two or more functions of any of certain other keys (usually by pressing Shift and the other button simultaneously).

shift (noun)

1. A type of women's undergarment, a slip.
2. A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
3. An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
4. The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
5. A bit shift.
6. The infield shift.
7. (often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.
8. A contrivance, a device to try when other methods fail.
9. A trick, an artifice.
10. The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
11. A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
12. A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
13. In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.

shift (verb)

1. (sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
2. To change in form or character; swap.
3. To change position.
4. To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
5. To change (clothes, especially underwear).
6. To change (someone's) clothes; sometimes specifically, to change underwear.
7. To change gears (in a car).
8. (typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.
9. (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.
10. To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
11. To remove the first value from an array.
12. To dispose of.
13. To hurry.
14. To engage in sexual petting.
15. To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
16. To practice indirect or evasive methods.
17. In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.

Definition of shiok

shiok (adjective)

1. Great; wonderful; delightful; pleasurable

Definition of shire

shire (noun)

1. Physical area administered by a sheriff.
2. Former administrative area of Britain; a county.
3. The general area in which a person lives or comes from, used in the context of travel within the United Kingdom.
4. A rural or outer suburban local government area of Australia.
5. A shire horse.

shire (verb)

1. To (re)constitute as one or more shires or counties.

Definition of shirt

shirt (noun)

1. An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.
2. An interior lining in a blast furnace.
3. A member of the shirt-wearing team in a shirts and skins game.

shirt (verb)

1. To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt.

Definition of shivs

shivs (noun)

1. A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
2. A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.

shivs (verb)

1. To stab someone with a shiv.
2. (by extension) To stab someone with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.