shifter

shifter is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.
2. noun. An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
3. noun. An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
4. noun. A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
5. noun. a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears

   "in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever"

   Synonyms: gearshift, gearstick

6. noun. a stagehand responsible for moving scenery

   Synonyms: sceneshifter

Synonyms

gearshift, gearstick, sceneshifter

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in shifter:

fretish, reshift

Common word forms

shifters

Words from these letters

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