shad

shad is a 4-letter English word with 3 senses as noun sing & plural and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 7 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun sing & plural. Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species.
2. noun. herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn
3. noun. bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in shad:

dahs, dash, sadh

Common word forms

shads, shaded, shader, shades, shading

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