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Is shame a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word shame is a Scrabble US word. The word shame is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is shame a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word shame is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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5-letter words (3 found)

HAEMS,HAMES,SHAME,

4-letter words (16 found)

AHEM,AMES,HAEM,HAES,HAME,HAMS,HEMS,MAES,MASE,MASH,MESA,MESH,SAME,SEAM,SHAM,SHEA,

3-letter words (21 found)

AHS,AME,ASH,EAS,EHS,EMS,HAE,HAM,HAS,HEM,HES,MAE,MAS,MEH,MES,SAE,SAM,SEA,SHA,SHE,SMA,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AH,AM,AS,EA,EH,EM,ES,HA,HE,HM,MA,ME,SH,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 55 words from shame according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of shame

shame hsame sahme ashme hasme ahsme shmae hsmae smhae mshae hmsae mhsae samhe asmhe smahe msahe amshe mashe hamse ahmse hmase mhase amhse mahse shaem hsaem sahem ashem hasem ahsem sheam hseam seham esham hesam ehsam saehm asehm seahm esahm aeshm eashm haesm ahesm heasm ehasm aehsm eahsm shmea hsmea smhea mshea hmsea mhsea shema hsema sehma eshma hesma ehsma smeha mseha semha esmha mesha emsha hmesa mhesa hemsa ehmsa mehsa emhsa sameh asmeh smaeh msaeh amseh maseh saemh asemh seamh esamh aesmh easmh smeah mseah semah esmah mesah emsah amesh maesh aemsh eamsh meash emash hames ahmes hmaes mhaes amhes mahes haems ahems heams ehams aehms eahms hmeas mheas hemas ehmas mehas emhas amehs maehs aemhs eamhs meahs emahs

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Definitions and meaning of shame

shame

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃeɪm/
  • Rhymes: -eɪm

Etymology 1

From Middle English schame, from Old English sċamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō.

Noun

shame (usually uncountable, plural shames)

  1. An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
  2. Something to regret.
  3. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
  4. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
  5. That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
  6. The capacity to be ashamed, inhibiting one from brazen behaviour; due regard for one's own moral conduct and how one is perceived by others; restraint, moderation, decency.
Synonyms
  • (uncomfortable or painful feeling): dishonor
  • (something regrettable): dishonor, humiliation, mortification, pity
  • See also: Thesaurus:shame
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "uncomfortable or painful feeling"): honor
Derived terms
Translations

Interjection

shame

  1. A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, either to denounce the speaker or to agree with the speaker's denunciation of some person or matter; often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.
  2. (South Africa) Expressing sympathy.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English schamen, from Old English sċamian, from Proto-West Germanic *skamēn, from Proto-Germanic *skamāną.

Verb

shame (third-person singular simple present shames, present participle shaming, simple past and past participle shamed)

  1. (transitive) To cause to feel shame.
  2. (transitive) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
  3. (transitive) To denounce as having done something shameful; to criticize with the intent or effect of causing a feeling of shame.
  4. (transitive) To drive or compel by shame.
  5. (obsolete, intransitive) To feel shame, be ashamed.
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To mock at; to deride.
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • (to cause to feel shame): demean, humiliate, insult, mortify
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "to cause to feel shame"): honor, dignify
Derived terms
Translations

References

  • “shame”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.


Anagrams

  • Hames, Shema, ahems, haems, hames, heams

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