Is “Shire” a Scrabble word?
Yes
SHIRE
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary
Valid in these dictionaries
SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Meaning of Shire
/ʃaɪə(ɹ)/
noun
1.Physical area administered by a sheriff.
2.Former administrative area of Britain; a county.
“Yorkshire is the largest shire in England.”
3.The general area in which a person lives or comes from, used in the context of travel within the United Kingdom.
“When are you coming back to the shire?”
verb
1.To (re)constitute as one or more shires or counties.
“County Longford was shired in 1586”