Definitions For Sheer
verb
- Cause to sheer
- Turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- To turn suddenly
- Straight up or down
adjective
- Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
- Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
- Not mixed with extraneous elements
- So thin as to transmit light
adverb
- Directly
- Straight up or down without a break
noun
- Complete and total
- Very steep : almost straight up and down
Is Sheer a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
7
The word Sheer is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Sheer in a Sentence
- The cruise ship sheered to the northwest, putting it safely out of the path of the hurricane
- The car sheered to avoid hitting the dog
- A sheer drop to the sea
- We had to get window shades because passersby could see right through our sheer curtains
- Mountains rising sheer from the plains