7 Letters
5 Consonants
2 Vowels
2 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use shellac as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
About Shellac
A 2 syllables noun and 7 letters with the letters a, c, e, h, l, and s, 5 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter l. Shellac starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, sh, she, shel, shell, and the ending characters are c, ac, lac, llac, ellac, . Shellac is also a double consonant (ll) word. View the double consonant words list.
Definition
A thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood
Origin/Roots
French
Scrabble
Is shellac a scrabble word? A 12 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Shellac in Pig Latin is said as "ellacshay or ellacshway".
Unigram
s | h | e | l | l | a | c
Bigram
sh | he | el | ll | la | ac
Trigram
she | hel | ell | lla | lac
Quadrigram
shel | hell | ella | llac
Word Gram
Noun Examples
a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol;
used to finish wood
lac purified by heating and filtering;
usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
Verb Examples
cover with shellac;
"She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Shellac"

There are 161 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to shellac.

SynonymDefinition
Apply Paint
Basha vigorous blow
"the sudden knock floored him"
"he took a bash right in his face"
"he got a bang on the head"
Bat(baseball) a turn batting
"he was at bat when it happened"
"he got 4 hits in 4 at-bats"
Bawl Out
Bear Down
Beatthe act of beating to windward
sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
Bedaubspread or daub (a surface)
Bedizendress up garishly and tastelessly
Begilddecorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
Bepaintdye with a color

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from shellac.

Anagram Definition
Shellaca thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol
used to finish wood

View English words with the unique letters used in shellac. Words With The Letters Acehls

Derives

Shellac derives from 1 words.

Word Definition
Shellaca thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol
used to finish wood

Hypernyms

Shellac has 1 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Varnishcover with varnish

Hyponyms

There are 1 hyponyms for shellac

Word Definition
French Polish

The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word shellac.

Is shellac a scrabble word or can you use shellac in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 1543939 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 756529 games. This 7 letter 12 point scrabble word can be rearranged 2,520 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, c, e, h, l, and s? There's 9 with 9 letters or less with the letters a, c, e, h, l, and s. Here is a list of 9 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Satchel (7 letters) 12 13 satchel
Shellac (7 letters) 12 14 shellac
Aeschylus (9 letters) 17 +5 18 +4 aeschylus
Alcahest (8 letters) 13 +1 14 aacehlst
Chastely (8 letters) 16 +4 16 +2 chastely
Eschewal (8 letters) 16 +4 17 +3 eschewal
Chattels (8 letters) 13 +1 14 chattels
Laches (6 letters) 11 12 laches
Clashes (7 letters) 12 13 clashes





     

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