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Is blame a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word blame is a Scrabble US word. The word blame is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is blame a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word blame is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Yes. The word blame is a Words With Friends word. The word blame is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (3 found)

AMBLE,BLAME,MELBA,

4-letter words (18 found)

ABLE,ALBE,ALME,BAEL,BALE,BALM,BEAL,BEAM,BEMA,BLAE,BLAM,LAMB,LAME,LEAM,MABE,MALE,MEAL,MELA,

3-letter words (14 found)

ALB,ALE,AME,BAE,BAL,BAM,BEL,ELM,LAB,LAM,LEA,MAE,MAL,MEL,

2-letter words (12 found)

AB,AE,AL,AM,BA,BE,EA,EL,EM,LA,MA,ME,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 48 words from blame according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of blame

blame lbame balme ablme labme albme blmae lbmae bmlae mblae lmbae mlbae bamle abmle bmale mbale amble mable lambe almbe lmabe mlabe amlbe malbe blaem lbaem balem ablem labem albem bleam lbeam belam eblam lebam elbam baelm abelm bealm ebalm aeblm eablm laebm alebm leabm elabm aelbm ealbm blmea lbmea bmlea mblea lmbea mlbea blema lbema belma eblma lebma elbma bmela mbela bemla ebmla mebla embla lmeba mleba lemba elmba melba emlba bamel abmel bmael mbael ambel mabel baeml abeml beaml ebaml aebml eabml bmeal mbeal bemal ebmal mebal embal amebl maebl aembl eambl meabl emabl lameb almeb lmaeb mlaeb amleb maleb laemb alemb leamb elamb aelmb ealmb lmeab mleab lemab elmab melab emlab amelb maelb aemlb eamlb mealb emalb

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Definitions and meaning of blame

blame

Pronunciation

  • enPR: blām, IPA(key): /bleɪm/
  • Rhymes: -eɪm

Etymology 1

From Middle English blame, borrowed from Old French blame, blasme, produced from the verb blasmer, which in turn is derived from Late Latin blastēmāre, variant of blasphēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Doublet of blaspheme. Displaced native Old English tǣling (“blame”) and tǣlan (“to blame”).

Noun

blame (uncountable)

  1. Censure.
    Blame came from all directions.
  2. Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
    The blame for starting the fire lies with the arsonist.
  3. Responsibility for something meriting censure.
    They accepted the blame, but it was an accident.
  4. (computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
  • fault

Etymology 2

From Middle English blamen, borrowed from Old French blasmer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre (“to reproach, to revile”), from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Compare blaspheme, a doublet. Overtook common use from the native wite (“to blame, accuse, reproach, suspect”) (from Middle English wīten, from Old English wītan).

Verb

blame (third-person singular simple present blames, present participle blaming, simple past and past participle blamed)

  1. To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
  2. (obsolete) To bring into disrepute.
  3. (transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame, to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
  4. (transitive, with "on") To assert the cause of some bad event.
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • (censure; criticize): reproach, shend, take to task, upbraid
  • (consider that someone is the cause of something negative): hold to account
Derived terms
Translations

Adjective

blame (not comparable)

  1. euphemism of damn (intensifier)

Anagrams

  • Amble, Embla, Lambe, Mabel, Mable, Melba, amble, belam, melba

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French blasme, a deverbal noun from blasmer (“to criticise”).

Alternative forms

  • blam (rare)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblaːm(ə)/

Noun

blame (uncountable)

  1. criticism, condemnation
  2. accusation (especially legal)
  3. blame, culpability
  4. offence, misdeed
  5. imperfection, downside
  6. disrepute, dishonour
  7. blasphemy, irreverence
Descendants
  • English: blame
  • Scots: blame
References
  • “blāme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

blame

  1. Alternative form of blamen

Walloon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blam/

Noun

blame f (plural blames)

  1. flame
    Synonym: flame

Source: wiktionary.org