Yes, shoots is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Hit with a missile from a weapon

2. Kill by firing a missile

3. Fire a shot

4. Make a film or photograph of something

5. Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

6. Run or move very quickly or hastily

7. Move quickly and violently

8. Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective

9. Record on photographic film

10. Emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully

11. Cause a sharp and sudden pain in

12. Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing

13. Variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors

14. Throw dice, as in a crap game

15. Spend frivolously and unwisely

16. Score

17. Utter fast and forcefully

18. Measure the altitude of by using a sextant

19. Produce buds, branches, or germinate

20. Give an injection to

Noun

1. A new branch

2. The act of shooting at targets