SHEAR
Definition, meaning, and word game validity
Definitions for shear
Shear
To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact.
Sheared
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Shearing
The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
Shearings
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Shears
The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under Lathe.
Word Game Validity
SHEAR is valid in Scrabble and most word games!
Scrabble Point Values
Total possible words using these letters:
2 Letter Words
- AE - 2 points
- AH - 5 points
- AR - 2 points
- AS - 2 points
- EH - 5 points
- ...and 6 more
3 Letter Words
- AHS - 6 points
- ARE - 3 points
- ARS - 3 points
- ASH - 6 points
- EAR - 3 points
- ...and 14 more
4 Letter Words
- ARES - 4 points
- ARSE - 4 points
- EARS - 4 points
- ERAS - 4 points
- HAES - 7 points
- ...and 10 more
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