There are 12 words that start with 'shear'.
| shear | shears | sheared |
| shearer | shearers | shearing |
| shearings | shearlegs | shearling |
| shearlings | shearwater | shearwaters |
Note: These 12 words that start with 'shear' are found from the USA & Canada version of the tournament Scrabble word list.