Definition of shoehorning

"shoehorning" in the verb sense

1. shoehorn

fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

Princeton University "About WordNet®."
WordNet®. Princeton University. 2010.


View WordNet® License

shoehorning in Scrabble®

The word shoehorning 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® Plays In The Letters shoehorning:

SHOEHORNING
(171)
SHOEHORNING
(171)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (18 words)

erosion, goosier, heroins, horsing, ignores, inshore, ionogen, ionones, nonhero, noosing, ogreish, onshore, orogens, regions, shoeing, shooing, shoring, snoring

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word shoehorning

SHOEHORNING
(171)
SHOEHORNING
(171)
SHOEHORNING
(114)
SHOEHORNING
(114)
SHOEHORNING
(92)
SHOEHORNING
(88)
SHOEHORNING
(76)
SHOEHORNING
(76)
SHOEHORNING
(72)
SHOEHORNING
(72)
SHOEHORNING
(72)
SHOEHORNING
(72)
SHOEHORNING
(72)
SHOEHORNING
(69)
SHOEHORNING
(63)
SHOEHORNING
(60)
SHOEHORNING
(56)
SHOEHORNING
(56)
SHOEHORNING
(46)
SHOEHORNING
(46)
SHOEHORNING
(44)
SHOEHORNING
(44)
SHOEHORNING
(42)
SHOEHORNING
(42)
SHOEHORNING
(40)
SHOEHORNING
(40)
SHOEHORNING
(40)
SHOEHORNING
(40)
SHOEHORNING
(40)
SHOEHORNING
(30)
SHOEHORNING
(30)
SHOEHORNING
(26)
SHOEHORNING
(26)
SHOEHORNING
(24)
SHOEHORNING
(24)
SHOEHORNING
(22)
SHOEHORNING
(21)
SHOEHORNING
(21)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In shoehorning

SHOEHORNING
(171)
SHOEHORNING
(171)
SHOEHORNING
(114)
SHOEHORNING
(114)
HORSING
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHOEING
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHOOING
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHORING
(95 = 45 + 50)
OGREISH
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHOEING
(94 = 44 + 50)
SHORING
(94 = 44 + 50)
SHOOING
(94 = 44 + 50)
OGREISH
(94 = 44 + 50)
HORSING
(94 = 44 + 50)
NONHERO
(92 = 42 + 50)
ONSHORE
(92 = 42 + 50)
INSHORE
(92 = 42 + 50)
SHOEHORNING
(92)
NONHERO
(92 = 42 + 50)
ONSHORE
(92 = 42 + 50)
INSHORE
(92 = 42 + 50)
HEROINS
(92 = 42 + 50)
INSHORE
(90 = 40 + 50)
NONHERO
(90 = 40 + 50)
HEROINS
(90 = 40 + 50)
ONSHORE
(90 = 40 + 50)
SHORING
(89 = 39 + 50)
HORSING
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHOEING
(89 = 39 + 50)
OGREISH
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHOOING
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHOOING
(88 = 38 + 50)
SHOEING
(88 = 38 + 50)
SHORING
(88 = 38 + 50)
SHOEHORNING
(88)
SHOOING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHORING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHOEING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHORING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHOEING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHORING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHOEING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHORING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHOEING
(86 = 36 + 50)
HORSING
(86 = 36 + 50)
HORSING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHOEING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHORING
(86 = 36 + 50)
HORSING
(86 = 36 + 50)
HORSING
(86 = 36 + 50)
OGREISH
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHOOING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHOEING
(86 = 36 + 50)
OGREISH
(86 = 36 + 50)
OGREISH
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHOOING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHOOING
(86 = 36 + 50)
HORSING
(86 = 36 + 50)
OGREISH
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHORING
(86 = 36 + 50)
OGREISH
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHOOING
(86 = 36 + 50)
HORSING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHOOING
(86 = 36 + 50)
OGREISH
(86 = 36 + 50)
INSHORE
(83 = 33 + 50)
ONSHORE
(83 = 33 + 50)
ONSHORE
(83 = 33 + 50)
INSHORE
(83 = 33 + 50)
ONSHORE
(83 = 33 + 50)
INSHORE
(83 = 33 + 50)
NONHERO
(83 = 33 + 50)
ONSHORE
(83 = 33 + 50)
NONHERO
(83 = 33 + 50)
INSHORE
(83 = 33 + 50)
INSHORE
(83 = 33 + 50)
INSHORE
(83 = 33 + 50)
ONSHORE
(83 = 33 + 50)
SHOEING
(83 = 33 + 50)
HEROINS
(83 = 33 + 50)
NONHERO
(83 = 33 + 50)
HEROINS
(83 = 33 + 50)
HORSING
(83 = 33 + 50)
HEROINS
(83 = 33 + 50)
OGREISH
(83 = 33 + 50)
HEROINS
(83 = 33 + 50)
SHOOING
(83 = 33 + 50)
ONSHORE
(83 = 33 + 50)
HEROINS
(83 = 33 + 50)
HEROINS
(83 = 33 + 50)
SHORING
(83 = 33 + 50)
NONHERO
(83 = 33 + 50)
NONHERO
(83 = 33 + 50)
HEROINS
(83 = 33 + 50)
NONHERO
(83 = 33 + 50)
GOOSIER
(82 = 32 + 50)
IONOGEN
(82 = 32 + 50)
IGNORES
(82 = 32 + 50)
REGIONS
(82 = 32 + 50)
OGREISH
(82 = 32 + 50)
NOOSING
(82 = 32 + 50)
SNORING
(82 = 32 + 50)
HORSING
(82 = 32 + 50)
OROGENS
(82 = 32 + 50)
SHOOING
(80 = 30 + 50)
OGREISH
(80 = 30 + 50)
SHOEING
(80 = 30 + 50)
NOOSING
(80 = 30 + 50)
NONHERO
(80 = 30 + 50)
OGREISH
(80 = 30 + 50)
SHORING
(80 = 30 + 50)
ONSHORE
(80 = 30 + 50)
IONOGEN
(80 = 30 + 50)
HORSING
(80 = 30 + 50)
OGREISH
(80 = 30 + 50)
IGNORES
(80 = 30 + 50)
SNORING
(80 = 30 + 50)
HORSING
(80 = 30 + 50)
REGIONS
(80 = 30 + 50)
INSHORE
(80 = 30 + 50)
OROGENS
(80 = 30 + 50)
GOOSIER
(80 = 30 + 50)
OROGENS
(80 = 30 + 50)
HEROINS
(80 = 30 + 50)
HEROINS
(80 = 30 + 50)
EROSION
(78 = 28 + 50)
HEROINS
(78 = 28 + 50)
HEROINS
(78 = 28 + 50)
IONONES
(78 = 28 + 50)
SHORING
(78 = 28 + 50)
SHOEING
(78 = 28 + 50)
SHOOING
(78 = 28 + 50)
HORSING
(78 = 28 + 50)
IGNORES
(77 = 27 + 50)
GOOSIER
(77 = 27 + 50)
SNORING
(77 = 27 + 50)
SNORING
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNORES
(77 = 27 + 50)
OROGENS
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNORES
(77 = 27 + 50)
SNORING
(77 = 27 + 50)
GOOSIER
(77 = 27 + 50)
REGIONS
(77 = 27 + 50)
REGIONS
(77 = 27 + 50)
REGIONS
(77 = 27 + 50)
REGIONS
(77 = 27 + 50)
REGIONS
(77 = 27 + 50)
REGIONS
(77 = 27 + 50)
NOOSING
(77 = 27 + 50)
NOOSING
(77 = 27 + 50)
REGIONS
(77 = 27 + 50)
NOOSING
(77 = 27 + 50)
SNORING
(77 = 27 + 50)
SNORING
(77 = 27 + 50)
NOOSING
(77 = 27 + 50)
NOOSING
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNORES
(77 = 27 + 50)
NOOSING
(77 = 27 + 50)
NOOSING
(77 = 27 + 50)
GOOSIER
(77 = 27 + 50)
SNORING
(77 = 27 + 50)
IONOGEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
IONOGEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
GOOSIER
(77 = 27 + 50)
GOOSIER
(77 = 27 + 50)
OROGENS
(77 = 27 + 50)
GOOSIER
(77 = 27 + 50)
OROGENS
(77 = 27 + 50)
OROGENS
(77 = 27 + 50)
IONOGEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
GOOSIER
(77 = 27 + 50)
SNORING
(77 = 27 + 50)
IONOGEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
OROGENS
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNORES
(77 = 27 + 50)
IONOGEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
IONOGEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
OROGENS
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNORES
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNORES
(77 = 27 + 50)
IONOGEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
OGREISH
(76 = 26 + 50)
HORSING
(76 = 26 + 50)
OGREISH
(76 = 26 + 50)
SHOEHORNING
(76)
SHOEING
(76 = 26 + 50)
SHOOING
(76 = 26 + 50)
HORSING
(76 = 26 + 50)
SHORING
(76 = 26 + 50)
HORSING
(76 = 26 + 50)
SHOEHORNING
(76)
SHOOING
(76 = 26 + 50)
SHOOING
(76 = 26 + 50)
SHOOING
(76 = 26 + 50)
SHOEING
(76 = 26 + 50)
SHOEING
(76 = 26 + 50)
OGREISH
(76 = 26 + 50)
SHORING
(76 = 26 + 50)
SHOEING
(76 = 26 + 50)
SHORING
(76 = 26 + 50)

shoehorning in Words With Friends™

The word shoehorning 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: 19

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

SHOEHORNING
(243)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (18 words)

erosion, goosier, heroins, horsing, ignores, inshore, ionogen, ionones, nonhero, noosing, ogreish, onshore, orogens, regions, shoeing, shooing, shoring, snoring

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word shoehorning

SHOEHORNING
(243)
SHOEHORNING
(225)
SHOEHORNING
(207)
SHOEHORNING
(138)
SHOEHORNING
(126)
SHOEHORNING
(92)
SHOEHORNING
(88)
SHOEHORNING
(84)
SHOEHORNING
(81)
SHOEHORNING
(80)
SHOEHORNING
(80)
SHOEHORNING
(76)
SHOEHORNING
(76)
SHOEHORNING
(76)
SHOEHORNING
(69)
SHOEHORNING
(58)
SHOEHORNING
(54)
SHOEHORNING
(54)
SHOEHORNING
(54)
SHOEHORNING
(50)
SHOEHORNING
(46)
SHOEHORNING
(46)
SHOEHORNING
(38)
SHOEHORNING
(38)
SHOEHORNING
(28)
SHOEHORNING
(27)
SHOEHORNING
(27)
SHOEHORNING
(27)
SHOEHORNING
(27)
SHOEHORNING
(25)
SHOEHORNING
(25)
SHOEHORNING
(24)
SHOEHORNING
(24)
SHOEHORNING
(23)
SHOEHORNING
(23)
SHOEHORNING
(23)
SHOEHORNING
(22)
SHOEHORNING
(22)
SHOEHORNING
(21)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In shoehorning

SHOEHORNING
(243)
SHOEHORNING
(225)
SHOEHORNING
(207)
SHOEHORNING
(138)
SHOEHORNING
(126)
IONOGEN
(98 = 63 + 35)
SHOOING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SHOEING
(95 = 60 + 35)
OROGENS
(95 = 60 + 35)
HORSING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SHOOING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SHOEING
(95 = 60 + 35)
ONSHORE
(95 = 60 + 35)
HORSING
(95 = 60 + 35)
INSHORE
(95 = 60 + 35)
SHORING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SHORING
(95 = 60 + 35)
NOOSING
(92 = 57 + 35)
NONHERO
(92 = 57 + 35)
SNORING
(92 = 57 + 35)
NONHERO
(92 = 57 + 35)
NONHERO
(92 = 57 + 35)
OGREISH
(92 = 57 + 35)
SHOEHORNING
(92)
OGREISH
(92 = 57 + 35)
SHOEING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SHOEING
(89 = 54 + 35)
HORSING
(89 = 54 + 35)
OROGENS
(89 = 54 + 35)
HEROINS
(89 = 54 + 35)
IGNORES
(89 = 54 + 35)
HORSING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SHORING
(89 = 54 + 35)
ONSHORE
(89 = 54 + 35)
SHOOING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SHORING
(89 = 54 + 35)
INSHORE
(89 = 54 + 35)
SHOEING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SHORING
(89 = 54 + 35)
REGIONS
(89 = 54 + 35)
HORSING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SHOOING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SHOOING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SHOEHORNING
(88)
NOOSING
(86 = 51 + 35)
NONHERO
(86 = 51 + 35)
OGREISH
(86 = 51 + 35)
OGREISH
(86 = 51 + 35)
NONHERO
(86 = 51 + 35)
NOOSING
(86 = 51 + 35)
SNORING
(86 = 51 + 35)
SNORING
(86 = 51 + 35)
NOOSING
(86 = 51 + 35)
IONOGEN
(86 = 51 + 35)
GOOSIER
(86 = 51 + 35)
SNORING
(86 = 51 + 35)
SHOEHORNING
(84)
HORSING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHORING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHORING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHORING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHORING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHORING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHOOING
(83 = 48 + 35)
ONSHORE
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHOOING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHOOING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHOOING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHOOING
(83 = 48 + 35)
ONSHORE
(83 = 48 + 35)
OROGENS
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHOEING
(83 = 48 + 35)
HORSING
(83 = 48 + 35)
HEROINS
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHOEING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHOEING
(83 = 48 + 35)
HEROINS
(83 = 48 + 35)
OROGENS
(83 = 48 + 35)
HORSING
(83 = 48 + 35)
HORSING
(83 = 48 + 35)
HORSING
(83 = 48 + 35)
REGIONS
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHOEING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHOEING
(83 = 48 + 35)
INSHORE
(83 = 48 + 35)
IGNORES
(83 = 48 + 35)
INSHORE
(83 = 48 + 35)
IGNORES
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHOEHORNING
(81)
NOOSING
(80 = 45 + 35)
SNORING
(80 = 45 + 35)
GOOSIER
(80 = 45 + 35)
SNORING
(80 = 45 + 35)
SNORING
(80 = 45 + 35)
OGREISH
(80 = 45 + 35)
IONONES
(80 = 45 + 35)
IONONES
(80 = 45 + 35)
NONHERO
(80 = 45 + 35)
OGREISH
(80 = 45 + 35)
IONOGEN
(80 = 45 + 35)
SHOEHORNING
(80)
IONOGEN
(80 = 45 + 35)
NOOSING
(80 = 45 + 35)
IONOGEN
(80 = 45 + 35)
SHOEHORNING
(80)
NOOSING
(80 = 45 + 35)
NONHERO
(80 = 45 + 35)
IONOGEN
(79 = 44 + 35)
IONOGEN
(79 = 44 + 35)
SNORING
(79 = 44 + 35)
IONOGEN
(79 = 44 + 35)
NOOSING
(79 = 44 + 35)
SNORING
(79 = 44 + 35)
NONHERO
(79 = 44 + 35)
OGREISH
(79 = 44 + 35)
NONHERO
(79 = 44 + 35)
OGREISH
(79 = 44 + 35)
NONHERO
(79 = 44 + 35)
NOOSING
(79 = 44 + 35)
SNORING
(79 = 44 + 35)
NOOSING
(79 = 44 + 35)
OGREISH
(79 = 44 + 35)
SHOOING
(77 = 42 + 35)
IGNORES
(77 = 42 + 35)
REGIONS
(77 = 42 + 35)
SHOOING
(77 = 42 + 35)
SHOEING
(77 = 42 + 35)
EROSION
(77 = 42 + 35)
HORSING
(77 = 42 + 35)
HEROINS
(77 = 42 + 35)
SHOOING
(77 = 42 + 35)
ONSHORE
(77 = 42 + 35)
SHOEING
(77 = 42 + 35)
SHOEING
(77 = 42 + 35)
HEROINS
(77 = 42 + 35)
SHORING
(77 = 42 + 35)
OROGENS
(77 = 42 + 35)
INSHORE
(77 = 42 + 35)
HORSING
(77 = 42 + 35)
ONSHORE
(77 = 42 + 35)
OROGENS
(77 = 42 + 35)
SHORING
(77 = 42 + 35)
ONSHORE
(77 = 42 + 35)
REGIONS
(77 = 42 + 35)
INSHORE
(77 = 42 + 35)
OROGENS
(77 = 42 + 35)
INSHORE
(77 = 42 + 35)
IGNORES
(77 = 42 + 35)
HORSING
(77 = 42 + 35)
HEROINS
(77 = 42 + 35)
REGIONS
(77 = 42 + 35)
SHORING
(77 = 42 + 35)
SHOEHORNING
(76)
SHOEHORNING
(76)
SHOEHORNING
(76)
INSHORE
(75 = 40 + 35)
INSHORE
(75 = 40 + 35)
HEROINS
(75 = 40 + 35)
HEROINS
(75 = 40 + 35)
REGIONS
(75 = 40 + 35)
OROGENS
(75 = 40 + 35)
OROGENS
(75 = 40 + 35)
ONSHORE
(75 = 40 + 35)
ONSHORE
(75 = 40 + 35)
IGNORES
(75 = 40 + 35)
HEROINS
(75 = 40 + 35)
REGIONS
(75 = 40 + 35)
IGNORES
(75 = 40 + 35)
OROGENS
(75 = 40 + 35)
ONSHORE
(75 = 40 + 35)
INSHORE
(75 = 40 + 35)
IGNORES
(75 = 40 + 35)
REGIONS
(75 = 40 + 35)
GOOSIER
(74 = 39 + 35)
NONHERO
(74 = 39 + 35)
NOOSING
(74 = 39 + 35)
IONOGEN
(74 = 39 + 35)
NONHERO
(74 = 39 + 35)
NOOSING
(74 = 39 + 35)
GOOSIER
(74 = 39 + 35)
GOOSIER
(74 = 39 + 35)
IONOGEN
(74 = 39 + 35)
OGREISH
(74 = 39 + 35)
IONONES
(74 = 39 + 35)
IONOGEN
(74 = 39 + 35)
IONOGEN
(74 = 39 + 35)
OGREISH
(74 = 39 + 35)
OGREISH
(74 = 39 + 35)
NOOSING
(74 = 39 + 35)
IONOGEN
(74 = 39 + 35)
OGREISH
(74 = 39 + 35)
IONONES
(74 = 39 + 35)
NONHERO
(74 = 39 + 35)
SNORING
(74 = 39 + 35)
SNORING
(74 = 39 + 35)
SNORING
(74 = 39 + 35)
HIGHER
(72)
IGNORES
(71 = 36 + 35)
IONONES
(71 = 36 + 35)
OROGENS
(71 = 36 + 35)

Words within the letters of shoehorning

2 letter words in shoehorning (14 words)

8 letter words in shoehorning (4 words)

9 letter words in shoehorning (1 word)

11 letter words in shoehorning (1 word)

Words containing the sequence shoehorning

Words that start with shoehorning (1 word)

Words with shoehorning in them (1 word)

Words that end with shoehorning (1 word)

Word Growth involving shoehorning

Shorter words in shoehorning

in

eh shoehorn

or horn shoehorn

hoe shoe shoehorn

Longer words containing shoehorning

(No longer words found)