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SHIRES

6 letters

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Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

SHIRES is a valid 6-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 3 in Classic, 3 in Big, and 3 in Super Big Boggle.

SHIRES root SHIRE-s

Word family

SHIRE 2 SHIRING 5 SHIRED-d 3
noun
  1. UKhistoricalAn administrative area or district between about the 5th to the 11th century, subdivided into hundreds or wapentakes and jointly governed by an ealdorman and a sheriff; also, a present-day area corresponding to such a historical district; a county; especially (England), a county having a name ending in -shire.
    • Yorkshire is the largest shire in England.
  2. UKbroadlyThe people living in a shire (noun sense 1.1) considered collectively.
  3. UKbroadlyinformalThe general area in which a person comes from or lives.
    • When are you coming back to the shire?
  4. broadlyAn administrative area or district in other countries.
  5. AustraliaattributivebroadlyoftenAn outer suburban or rural local government area which elects its own council.
  6. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of shire horse (“a draught horse of a tall British breed, usually bay, black, or grey”).
  7. obsoleteA district or province governed by a person; specifically (Christianity), the province of an archbishop, the see of a bishop, etc.
  8. broadlyobsoleteA region; also, a country.
verb
  1. transitiveTo constitute or reconstitute (a country or region) into one or more shires (noun sense 1.1) or counties.
    • County Longford was shired in 1586.