Definitions For Shelling

noun

  • The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
  • The hard outer covering of an animal, insect, etc., that protects it
  • The hard outer covering of an egg
  • The hard outer covering of a nut, fruit, or seed

verb

  • To remove the shell or outer covering of (something)
  • To shoot shells at (someone or something) using large guns
  • To score heavily against (a pitcher) in baseball

Is Shellings a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
16

The word Shelling is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Shelling in a Sentence

  • The shell of a crab
  • We collected shells at the beach.
  • We're going to have stuffed shells for dinner.
  • They shelled the enemy troops.
  • The town was shelled during the battle.

Synonyms for Shelling

Antonyms for Shellings

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