shakeout
NOUN
/ʃeɪk,aʊt/
8 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH S
shakeout is a valid 8-letter word worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1H4A1K5E1O1U1T1
1 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =15 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 30TRIPLE WORD → 45
MEANING
What does shakeout mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
An economic condition that results in the elimination of marginally financed participants in an industry.
“they glutted the market in order to cause a shakeout of their competitors”
BROADER