shoulder: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 12 letter points · starts with S · ends with R
Meaning of shoulder
noun
The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and arm socket. The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
Example: The parrot was sitting on Steve's shoulder.
The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and arm socket. The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and arm socket. A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and arm socket. The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
Listed forms: shoulders, shouder.
Source: Wiktionary — shoulder.
verb
- transitive
To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
- broadly, transitive
To bully, manipulate or pull rank on (somebody).
Example: He shouldered me out of my own band.
- transitive
To put (something) on one's shoulders.
- transitive
To place (something) against one's shoulders.
Listed forms: shoulders, shouldering, shouldered, shouder.
Source: Wiktionary — shoulder.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for shoulder.
noun
a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
- shoulder joint
- articulatio humeri
noun
a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is shoulder in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of shoulder
S(1) + H(4) + O(1) + U(1) + L(1) + D(2) + E(1) + R(1) = 12 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of shoulder
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from shoulder
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