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SHANGHAI

8 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

SHANGHAI is a valid 8-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 11 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

SHANGHAIS-s 11 SHANGHAIING-ing 11 SHANGHAIED-ed 11
verb
  1. transitiveTo force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly
  2. transitiveTo press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work.
  3. USslangtransitiveTo trick a suspect into entering a jurisdiction in which they can be lawfully arrested.
  4. USslangtransitiveTo transfer a serviceman against their will.
  5. transitiveTo commandeer, hijack, or otherwise (usually wrongfully) appropriate a place or thing.
    • Let's see if we can shanghai a room for a couple of hours.
  6. AustraliaTo hit with a slingshot.
noun
  1. capitalizeddatedoftenA breed of chicken with large bodies, long legs, and feathered shanks.
  2. USobsoleteA kind of daub.
  3. USobsoleteA tall dandy.
  4. capitalizedoftenA kind of dart game in which players are gradually eliminated ("shanghaied"), usually either by failing to reach a certain score in 3 quick throws or during a competition to hit a certain prechosen number and then be the first to hit the prechosen numbers of the other players.
  5. AustraliaSynonym of slingshot.