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SHY

3 letters

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Classic 1 pts
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Super Big too short
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SHY is a valid 3-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic Boggle, though it's too short for Big and Super Big (which need four-letter words).

Word family

SHIER 2 SHYER-er 2 SHIEST 3 SHYEST-est 3 SHIES 2 SHYING-ing 3 SHIED 2
adjective
  1. Easily frightened; timid.
  2. Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
    • He is very shy with strangers.
  3. Cautious; wary; suspicious.
  4. informalShort, insufficient or less than.
    • By our count your shipment came up two shy of the bill of lading amount.
    • It is just shy of a mile from here to their house.
  5. UKUSLess likely to reveal whom they will vote for than average, chiefly in the context of the collective effect this has on polling accuracy.
    • Pollsters need to remember the shy Tory factor.
verb
  1. intransitiveTo avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidness.
  2. intransitiveTo jump back in fear.
    • The horse shied at the unexpected approach of a motor vehicle.
  3. transitiveTo throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
    • to shy a stone
    • shy a slipper
  4. ScotlandintransitivetransitiveTo throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match.
  5. ScotlandTo hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a shinty match.
noun
  1. An act of throwing.
  2. A place for throwing.
    • coconut shy
  3. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
  4. In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
  5. ScotlandA throw-in from the sidelines, using two hands above the head.
  6. ScotlandIn shinty, the act of tossing the ball above the head and hitting it with the shaft of the caman to bring it back into play after it has been hit out of the field.
  7. archaicA gibe; a sneer.