Is “Shins” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
SHINS
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Unavailable

Meaning of Shins

noun
  1. 1.The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone

  2. 2.A fishplate for a railway.

Synonyms: tibia

verb
  1. 1.(as "shin up") To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like.

    to shin up a mast

  2. 2.To strike with the shin.

  3. 3.To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.

Synonyms: shinny

noun
  1. 1.The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter)