Definition of shellfish

"shellfish" in the noun sense

1. shellfish

meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)

2. mollusk, mollusc, shellfish

invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell

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Quotations for shellfish

Can that which is not shape, shape the things that are?
Is chance omnipotent - resolve me why
The meanest shellfish, and the noblest brute,
Transmit their likeness to the years that come? [ Dilnot Sladden ]

Decay and disease are often beautiful, like the pearly tear of the shellfish and the hectic glow of consumption. [ Thoreau ]

shellfish in Scrabble®

The word shellfish is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters shellfish:

SHELLFISH
(198)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

hellish, hisself, selfish

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word shellfish

SHELLFISH
(198)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In shellfish

SHELLFISH
(198)
SHELLFISH
(171)
SHELLFISH
(132)
SHELLFISH
(114)
HISSELF
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SHELLFISH
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SHELLFISH
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SHELLFISH
(72)
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SHELLFISH
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SHELLFISH
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ELFISH
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shellfish in Words With Friends™

The word shellfish is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters shellfish:

SHELLFISH
(270)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

hellish, hisself, selfish

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word shellfish

SHELLFISH
(270)
SHELLFISH
(156)
SHELLFISH
(132)
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(84)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In shellfish

SHELLFISH
(270)
SHELLFISH
(156)
SHELLFISH
(132)
SELFISH
(104 = 69 + 35)
SELFISH
(104 = 69 + 35)
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SHELLFISH
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SHELLFISH
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HELLISH
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SHELLFISH
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ELFISH
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Words within the letters of shellfish

2 letter words in shellfish (7 words)

3 letter words in shellfish (11 words)

6 letter words in shellfish (4 words)

7 letter words in shellfish (3 words)

9 letter words in shellfish (1 word)

shellfish + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence shellfish

Words that start with shellfish (5 words)

Words with shellfish in them (1 word)

Words that end with shellfish (1 word)

Word Growth involving shellfish

Shorter words in shellfish

is fish

el ell hell shell

he hell shell

he she shell

Longer words containing shellfish

shellfisheries

shellfishery

shellfishes

shellfishing