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Shadows

7 lettersnoun/verbcommon

Updated February 2026

Definition

Dark areas or shapes produced by objects blocking light, or follows and observes someone closely. Shadows represent absence of light or the act of surveillance.

Long shadows stretched across the garden as the sun began to set behind the distant hills.

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Wordle

Contains -HADOWS pattern; SH- prefix with -OWS ending

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Scrabble

Worth 14 points; valuable for building light-related vocabulary

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