shell

1. A framework or exterior, as of a building.

2. A metal or cardboard case containing the charge and primer for a piece of firearms ammunition, especially one also containing shot and fired from a shotgun.

3. A similar outer covering on an egg, fruit, or nut.

4. A small glass for beer.

5. A thin layer of pastry.

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1. Shell out Informal To hand over; pay: had to shell out $500 in car repairs.

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1. To take out of a natural enclosing cover (as a shell, husk, pod, or capsule) .

2. To separate the kernels of (as an ear of Indian corn, wheat, or oats) from the cob, ear, or husk.

3. To throw at, upon, or into .

4. To score heavily against (as an opposing pitcher in baseball).

5. To fall or scale off in thin pieces.

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1. To look for or collect shells, as on a seashore: spent the day shelling on Cape Cod.

2. To shed or become free of a shell.

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1. Baseball To hit the pitches of (a pitcher) hard and with regularity: shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning.

2. To defeat decisively.

3. To fire shells at; bombard.

4. To remove from a shell: shell peas.

5. To remove the shell of; shuck: shell oysters.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
hells	8	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
eh	5
el	2
es	2
he	5
sh	5

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ell	3
els	3
hes	6
sel	3
she	6

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ells	4
hell	7
sell	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
hells	8
shell	8