Words containing SH

There are 5,351 words containing SH in our word list. 299 of them are common everyday words, such as SHE, ENGLISH, PUBLISHED and RELATIONSHIP. They range from 2 to 15 letters, and 8-letter words are the biggest group, with 1,014.

Words: 5,351
Common words: 299
Longest: ACCOMPLISHMENTS; 15 letters
Top score: SHOWBIZZY; 38 points

SH is one of the most common letter pairs at the start of English words, as in SHIP, SHOW and SHOULD.

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2-letter words (1)

3-letter words (5)

4-letter words (61)

show
shot
wish
cash
fish
push
ship
shop
shut
bush
dash
dish
josh
rush
shaw
shed
shoe
wash
bash
gosh
hash
lush
mash
mesh
rash
shah
shes
shin
shri
hush
lash
posh
sash
shag
sham
shay
shea
shiv
shun
ashy
bosh
gash
gush
mush
shad
shat
shim
shoo
tosh

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5-letter words (176)

shall
share
short
shows
crash
fresh
shame
shape
shift
ships
shirt
shoes
shoot
shots
shown
brush
crush
flash
flesh
harsh
shade
shake
shark
sharp
sheep
sheer
sheet
shelf
shell
shine
shock
shook
shops
shore
shout
smash
trash
welsh
ashes
blush
clash
flush
marsh
shady
shaft
shale
shave
shawn
shiny

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6-letter words (421)

should
finish
shared
shares
showed
shower
bishop
dishes
fisher
parish
polish
pushed
shades
shadow
shaped
sheets
shield
shifts
shirts
shorts
washed
wished
wishes
ambush
ashore
bushes
danish
fetish
punish
pushes
rushed
shaken
shakes
shapes
sharks
shaved
sheikh
sheila
shells
shines
shocks
shoots
shores
shouts
shovel
shrimp
shrine
shrink
splash

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7-letter words (777)

english
fashion
sharing
showing
ashamed
crashed
crushed
fishing
publish
pushing
selfish
shadows
shaking
shallow
shelter
sheriff
shipped
shocked
shooter
shorter
shortly
washing
worship
bishops
brushed
brushes
cashier
cherish
clashes
crashes
cushion
flashes
foolish
freshly
kashmir
marshal
refresh
rubbish
rushing
shampoo
shaping
sharply
shaving
shelves
shields
shifted
shining
shotgun
shouted

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8-letter words (1,014)

finished
shipping
shooting
shopping
shoulder
marshall
punished
shanghai
shocking
sunshine
workshop
backlash
brushing
childish
crashing
crushing
finishes
flagship
flashing
flourish
freshman
hardship
mushroom
offshore
polished
shameful
shelters
shepherd
sherlock
shifting
shipment
shooters
shootout
shoppers
shortage
shortest
shouting
showcase
shutdown
shutting
smashing
township
vanished
ambushed
banished
blushing
bookshop
brownish
cashmere

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9-letter words (892)

published
establish
finishing
ownership
publisher
shoulders
threshold
abolished
dishonest
fashioned
fisheries
fishermen
furnished
mushrooms
publishes
punishing
shattered
shipments
shootings
shortages
shortened
watershed
workshops
bloodshed
bombshell
cherished
courtship
dashboard
enshrined
eyelashes
fisherman
flashback
freshness
handshake
hardships
horseshoe
jellyfish
macintosh
makeshift
polishing
refreshed
replenish
shameless
sharpened
sharpness
shellfish
sheltered
shepherds
shielding

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10-letter words (697)

leadership
accomplish
friendship
membership
publishers
publishing
punishment
archbishop
censorship
demolished
diminished
fellowship
freshwater
internship
refreshing
unfinished
abolishing
astonished
authorship
battleship
dealership
diminishes
dishonesty
dishwasher
extinguish
flashbacks
flashlight
flourished
furnishing
outlandish
punishable
readership
relinquish
sharpening
shattering
shockingly
shortening
showcasing
sweatshirt
thresholds
toothbrush
viewership
windshield
worshipped
admonished
aftershave
aftershock
amateurish
banishment

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11-letter words (511)

established
citizenship
partnership
scholarship
astonishing
distinguish
fashionable
friendships
premiership
shareholder
sponsorship
brainwashed
dealerships
diminishing
embellished
establishes
fellowships
flourishing
foolishness
furnishings
grasshopper
internships
marshmallow
memberships
nourishment
punishments
refurbished
selfishness
shenanigans
spreadsheet
stewardship
unpublished
workmanship
worshippers
worshipping
archbishops
battleships
bookshelves
brandishing
demolishing
flashlights
horseradish
languishing
mishandling
nightmarish
overfishing
reestablish
refreshment
replenished

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12-letter words (341)

relationship
championship
accomplished
establishing
dictatorship
partnerships
scholarships
shareholders
extinguished
impoverished
marshmallows
overshadowed
parishioners
refreshments
shipbuilding
shortcomings
accomplishes
astonishment
brainwashing
chairmanship
discipleship
disheartened
dishonorable
extinguisher
foreshadowed
governorship
grasshoppers
guardianship
malnourished
marksmanship
musicianship
partisanship
premierships
receivership
refreshingly
refurbishing
relinquished
replenishing
sharpshooter
shipbuilders
shortsighted
sponsorships
spreadsheets
toothbrushes
troubleshoot
whitewashing
admonishment
childishness
directorship

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13-letter words (246)

relationships
championships
distinguished
establishment
accomplishing
companionship
craftsmanship
distinguishes
refurbishment
sportsmanship
astonishingly
dictatorships
disheartening
embellishment
extinguishers
extinguishing
foreshadowing
professorship
reestablished
relinquishing
replenishment
directorships
governorships
leishmaniasis
librarianship
overshadowing
sharecroppers
sharpshooters
statesmanship
swashbuckling
swordsmanship
tortoiseshell
transshipment
unfashionable
admonishments
archbishopric
assistantship
blandishments
brinksmanship
chairmanships
chieftainship
custodianship
draftsmanship
foreshortened
impoverishing
landownership
nonperishable
principalship
secretaryship

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14-letter words (148)

accomplishment
establishments
apprenticeship
distinguishing
embellishments
ambassadorship
bipartisanship
extinguishment
impoverishment
professorships
proprietorship
reestablishing
refurbishments
troubleshooter
undernourished
assistantships
chancellorship
disestablished
foreshortening
relinquishment
thundershowers
accomplishable
amateurishness
containerships
controllership
electrofishing
fashionability
outlandishness
preestablished
replenishments
transshipments
accountantship
anticensorship
archbishoprics
associateships
blimpishnesses
brackishnesses
brinksmanships
brushabilities
chieftainships
childishnesses
churchmanships
churlishnesses
clannishnesses
cliquishnesses
cloddishnesses
clownishnesses
colleagueships
collectorships

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15-letter words (61)

accomplishments
apprenticeships
distinguishable
troubleshooting
conservatorship
reestablishment
undistinguished
ambassadorships
connoisseurship
crashworthiness
distributorship
proprietorships
troubleshooters
disestablishing
transhistorical
accountantships
antifashionable
antishoplifting
bipartisanships
chancellorships
comptrollership
consultantships
controllerships
councillorships
countershadings
disfurnishments
dishearteningly
disheartenments
distinguishably
electrofishings
extinguishments
fashionableness
fetishistically
headmasterships
imperishability
impoverishments
instructorships
kittenishnesses
legislatorships
lickerishnesses
micropublishers
micropublishing
nonpartisanship
outdoorsmanship
overembellished
overembellishes
perishabilities
photofinishings
postmasterships

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Darker borders mark common everyday words. Rarer words follow in each group.

Questions

How many words containing SH are there?

Our word list has 5,351 words containing SH. 299 of them are common everyday words.

What is the longest word containing SH?

The longest have 15 letters, for example ACCOMPLISHMENTS, APPRENTICESHIPS and DISTINGUISHABLE.

Which word containing SH scores the most points?

Using standard letter tile values, SHOWBIZZY scores 38 points, the most of any word containing SH in our list.