Shards

Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:9 pts6 letters

Definition of Shards

noun

A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.
(by extension) A piece of material, especially rock and similar materials, reminding of a broken piece of glass or pottery.
A tough scale, sheath, or shell; especially an elytron of a beetle.
An instance of an MMORPG that is one of several independent and structurally identical virtual worlds, none of which has so many players as to exhaust a system's resources.
A component of a sharded distributed database.

verb

To fall apart into shards, usually as the result of impact or explosion.
To break (something) into shards.
To divide (an MMORPG) into several shards, or to establish a shard of one.

Anagrams of Shards

No exact anagrams found for "shards". This word has a unique letter combination.

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "shards" and rearranging:

+ahardass sradhas

+edashers shaders

Related Word Patterns

SH...Words starting with "sh"...DSWords ending with "ds"All 6-letter words Unscramble "shards"

Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

partition potsherd splinter

Letter Values

s1

h4

a1

r1

d2

s1

Total: 10 Scrabble points

Word Tools

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Rhymes With Shards

abfarads abounds absconds absurds acarids accords acetamids acetanilids acidheads acids actinoids addends

Related 6-Letter Words

sabals sabbat sabbed sabers sabine sabins sabirs sables sabots sabras sabred sabres sacbut sachem sachet

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid

TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid

Words With Friends: Valid

Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Shards"

Shards is a 6-letter word that scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends.

Using "Shards" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "shards" is a medium-scoring word.