Definitions for soft-shell

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Spelling: [sawft-shel, soft-]
IPA: /ˈsɔftˌʃɛl, ˈsɒft-/

Soft-Shell is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 232 anagrams from letters in soft-shell (-efhllosst).

Definitions for soft-shell

adjective

  1. Also, soft-shelled. having a soft, flexible, or fragile shell, as a crab that has recently molted.

noun

  1. a soft-shell animal, especially a soft-shell crab.

Origin of soft-shell

First recorded in 1795-1805

Examples for soft-shell

There is a weir in the river, in the deep waters of which it is said there are a very great number of soft-shell tortoises.

"He is recommending some soft-shell crabs," said the clever man.

He comes at me wide open, with a guard like a soft-shell crab.

Eels and soft-shell turtles, though occasionally caught, were not plentiful in 1806.

We have tried many varieties of the soft-shell without success.

Pine nuts, bacon, soft-shell crab—these are the flavors of caterpillars, beetles, and tarantulas, if you can believe it.

There are three distinct kinds of English Walnuts—hard-shell, soft-shell and paper-shell, the soft-shell being the best.

It is partial to the “soft-shell” crabs and small tortoises common in the American waters.

The soft-shell clam, Mya arenaria, has been an important article of food, but the valves are not serviceable in the arts.

With their meatier body, tarantulas are said to taste like to soft-shell crab or shrimp.

Word Value for soft-shell
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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