5-letter words starting with SH

There are 116 5-letter words that start with SH in the Scrabble dictionary, about 1% of all 8,909 5-letter words. Every one is valid in US Scrabble play.

The highest scoring is Shaky and Shoji, worth 15 points without any bonuses. The commonest third letter is A: 30 of these words begin SHA. Words like Shall, Sheds, Shiny, Shool and Shtik are on the list.

If Wordle has shown you a green S and H in the first two boxes, this is the list to scan. The Scrabble dictionary is bigger than Wordle's own word lists, so not every word here will be a Wordle answer; our Wordle Cheat narrows the list down with the other clues you have.