shake
Shake commonly means to move or cause to move back and forth, move with or as if with a tremor, or move back and forth or sideways. As a noun, shake can refer to building material used as siding or roofing, a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it, or frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream.
Length
5
Scrabble
12
WWF
11
Starts
SH
Ends
AKE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “SHAKE” Mean?
/ˈʃeɪk/
shake has 15 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
6 sensesbuilding material used as siding or roofing
Synonyms
frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
Synonyms
a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
Synonyms
grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
Synonyms
Verb
9 sensesmove or cause to move back and forth
“The chemist shook the flask vigorously”
“My hands were shaking”
Synonyms
undermine or cause to waver
“my faith has been shaken”
“The bad news shook her hopes”
Show 3 more verb definitions
get rid of
“I couldn't shake the car that was following me”
bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
“He was shaken from his dreams”
“shake the salt out of the salt shaker”
shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
“shake one's head”
“She shook her finger at the naughty students”
“The old enemies shook hands”
“Don't shake your fist at me!”
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Word Intelligence
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Definition
building material used as siding or roofing
Length
5 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
E
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
S, H, A, K, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆SHAKE has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆SHAKE is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆SHAKE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆SHAKE uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CCVCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
SH, HA, AK, KE
Trigrams
SHA, HAK, AKE
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