Yes, shunt is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Transfer to another track, of trains

2. Provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt

Noun

1. A passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another

2. A conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current

3. Implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body