shire

shire is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire. 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.

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

Definitions

1. noun. A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire.
2. noun. A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county.
3. noun. British breed of large heavy draft horse
4. noun. a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in shire:

heirs, hires, hirse, shier

Common word forms

shirer, shires

Words from these letters

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