Definitions for sheltas

sheltas Shel·ta

Spelling: [shel-tuh]
IPA: /ˈʃɛl tə/

Sheltas is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 224 anagrams from letters in sheltas (aehlsst).

Definitions for sheltas

noun

  1. a private language, based in part on Irish, used among Travelers in the British Isles.

Origin of sheltas

First recorded in 1875-80; origin uncertain

Examples for sheltas

Shelta is perhaps the last Old British dialect as yet existing which has thus far remained undiscovered.

Me tu sosti, “Thou shalt be (of) me,” is Romany, which is freely used in Shelta.

This language, or jargon, known as Shelta, has been the subject of much learned writing.

Our informant could give only a single specimen of the Shelta literature.

Word Value for sheltas
Scrable

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Words with friends

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