9 Letter Words for Shellback
shellback
8 Letter Words for Shellback
bechalks, sellback
7 Letter Words for Shellback
becalls, bechalk, bleachs, hackles, keblahs, shackle, shellac, shellak
6 Letter Words for Shellback
bachel, baches, balche, becall, bekahs, belahs, belash, blacks, bleach, bleaks, cables, calles, cashel, chalks, chekas, chelas, haceks, hackle, keblah, khella, klesha, labels, laches, lekach, sealch, sebkha
5 Letter Words for Shellback
ables, aches, alces, alecs, bache, bachs, backs, bakes, bales, balks, balls, basel, baske, basle, beach, beaks, becks, bekah, belah, belch, bells, bhels, black, blaes, blahs, blake, blase, blash, bleak, bleck, cable, cakes, calks, calls, cella, cells, chalk, chals, chase, cheka, chela, claes, clake, clash, ellas, hable, hacek, hacks, hakes, hales, halke, halls, halse, heals, hecks, helas, hells, kabel, kales, keach, kella, kells, label, laces, lache, lacks, lakes, lakhs, leach, leaks, leash, lekha, sable, salle, scale, scall, selah, sella, shack, shake, shale, shall, sheal, shela, shell, skell, slack, slake, sleck
4 Letter Words for Shellback
abcs, abel, able, abls, aces, ache, acle, akes, albe, albs, alce, alec, ales, alls, bach, back, bacs, bahs, bake, bale, balk, ball, bals, base, bash, bask, bchs, beak, beal, beck, bela, belk, bell, bels, besa, bhel, blae, blah, blas, blea, cabs, cake, calk, call, cals, case, cash, cask, ceas, cell, cels, chab, chal, chas, each, elks, ells, esca, hack, haec, haes, hake, hale, hall, hals, hask, heal, heck, hela, hell, kabs, kaes, kale, kcal, keas, kebs, kell, kesh, labs, lace, lack, lacs, lahs, lake, lakh, laks, lase, lash, lask, leak, leal, leas, lech, leck, leks, sabe, sack, saek, sake, sale, sall, scab, sclk, seah, seak, seal, sech, seck, sell, shab, shea, skal, skel, slab
3 Letter Words for Shellback
abc, abl, abs, ace, ach, ack, aes, ahs, ake, alb, alc, ale, alk, all, als, asb, ase, ash, ask, asl, bac, bae, bah, bal, bas, bch, bec, bel, bes, bks, blk, bls, bsh, cab, cal, cel, cha, che, chs, clk, csk, eas, ebs, ecb, ech, ehs, ela, elb, elk, ell, els, esc, hab, hae, hak, has, hcb, hcl, hel, hes, kab, kae, kal, kas, kea, keb, kha, lab, lac, lah, lak, las, lbs, lca, lea, lek, les, lhb, llb, lsc, sab, sac, sah, sal, sbe, sch, sea, sec, sel, sha, she, ska, sla, sle
Definitions for Shellback
[1] an old sailor.
[2] a person who has crossed the equator by boat.
[3] informal a sailor who has crossed the equator Compare polliwog (def. 2)
[4] an experienced or old sailor
Words related to Shellback
cadet, marine, pilot, boater, diver, pro, expert, vet, swab, tarpaulin, mate, jack, seafarer, navigator, mariner, salt, pirate, bluejacket, shipmate, tar
Words nearby Shellback
shell suit, shell-like, shell-shocked, shellac, shellacking, shellback, shellbark, shellcracker, shelled, sheller, shelley
Origin of Shellback
First recorded in 1880–85; shell + back1
Synonyms for Shellback
boater, cadet, diver, marine, pilot, bluejacket, jack, lascar, mariner, mate, middy, navigator, pirate, salt, seafarer, shipmate, swab, tar, tarpaulin, windjammer, able-bodied sailor, circumnavigator, deck hand, hearty, midshipman/woman, old salt, sea dog, sea person, swabber, swabbie, water dog, yachter
