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Yes. The word shampoo is a Scrabble US word. The word shampoo is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is shampoo a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word shampoo is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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7-letter words (2 found)

OOMPAHS,SHAMPOO,

6-letter words (2 found)

OOMPAH,OOMPHS,

5-letter words (12 found)

HOMAS,HOMOS,HOOPS,MOHOS,MOOPS,OOMPH,OPAHS,PASHM,POMOS,POOHS,POSHO,SPOOM,

4-letter words (52 found)

AMPS,APOS,APSO,HAMS,HAOS,HAPS,HASP,HOAS,HOMA,HOMO,HOMS,HOOP,HOPS,MAPS,MASH,MHOS,MOAS,MOHO,MOOP,MOOS,MOPS,MOSH,OHMS,OMAS,OOHS,OOMS,OOPS,OPAH,OPAS,PAHS,PAMS,PASH,PHOS,POAS,POHS,POMO,POMS,POOH,POOS,POSH,SAMP,SHAM,SHMO,SHOO,SHOP,SOAP,SOHO,SOMA,SOOM,SOOP,SOPH,SPAM,

3-letter words (50 found)

AHS,AMP,APO,ASH,ASP,HAM,HAO,HAP,HAS,HOA,HOM,HOO,HOP,HOS,MAP,MAS,MHO,MOA,MOO,MOP,MOS,OHM,OHO,OHS,OMA,OMS,OOH,OOM,OOP,OOS,OPA,OPS,PAH,PAM,PAS,PHO,POA,POH,POM,POO,POS,SAM,SAP,SHA,SHO,SMA,SOH,SOM,SOP,SPA,

2-letter words (17 found)

AH,AM,AS,HA,HM,HO,MA,MO,OH,OM,OO,OP,OS,PA,PO,SH,SO,

You can make 135 words from shampoo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of shampoo

shampoo

Alternative forms

  • champoo (dated)

Etymology

From Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po) / चांपो (cāmpo), imperative form of चाँपना (cā̃pnā) / चांपना (cāmpnā, “to press, knead”), mid 18th c.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ʃæmˈpuː/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʃamˈpuː/
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Hyphenation: sham‧poo

Noun

shampoo (countable and uncountable, plural shampoos)

  1. (originally) A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.
    Synonym: massage
  2. A commercial liquid soap product for washing hair or other fibres/fibers, such as carpets.
    Coordinate term: conditioner
  3. An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.
    Synonym: shampooing
  4. (humorous, slang) Champagne.
    Synonyms: bubbly, champers, fizz

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

shampoo (third-person singular simple present shampoos, present participle shampooing, simple past and past participle shampooed)

  1. (intransitive) To wash one's own hair with shampoo.
  2. (transitive) To wash (i.e. the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo.
  3. (transitive) To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.
    Synonym: massage

Translations

Further reading

  • shampoo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “shampoo”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • oompahs

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shampoo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsjampo/, /ˈsjaːmpu(ː)/, [ˈɕɑmpʰo], [ˈɕæːmpʰu(ː)]

Noun

shampoo c (singular definite shampooen, plural indefinite shampooer)

  1. shampoo (soap for washing hair)

Declension

Derived terms

  • hårshampoo
  • skælshampoo

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English shampoo, from Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɑm.poː/
  • Hyphenation: sham‧poo

Noun

shampoo m (plural shampoos, diminutive shampootje n)

  1. shampoo (product for washing hair)

Derived terms

  • shampooën
  • babyshampoo

Descendants

  • → Acehnese: sampô
  • → Indonesian: sampo

Further reading

  • “shampoo” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Finnish

Alternative forms

  • šampoo
  • sampoo

Etymology

Borrowed from English shampoo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɑmp(ː)oː/, [ˈʃɑ̝mp(ː)o̞ː]
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑmp(ː)oː/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝mp(ː)o̞ː]
  • IPA(key): /ˈshɑmp(ː)oː/, [ˈs̠hɑ̝mp(ː)o̞ː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmpoː
  • Syllabification(key): sham‧poo

Noun

shampoo

  1. shampoo (commercial liquid soap)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “shampoo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Italian

Alternative forms

  • sciampo

Etymology

Borrowed from English shampoo, from Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po, “knead!”), from the Sanskrit root चपयति (capayati, “to pound, to knead”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˈʃam.po/
  • Rhymes: -ampo
  • Hyphenation: shàm‧poo

Noun

shampoo m (invariable)

  1. shampoo (detergent, washing of hair with such detergent)

Derived terms

  • dopo-shampoo
  • shampista

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English shampoo.

Pronunciation

Noun

shampoo m (plural shampoos)

  1. Alternative form of xampu
  2. Alternative form of champô

Usage notes

The word was adapted to Brazilian Portuguese as xampu, reflecting the English pronunciation. The European Portuguese adaptation of champô is closer to the Hindi pronunciation.

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English shampoo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃamˈpu/ [ʃãmˈpu], /t͡ʃamˈpu/ [t͡ʃãmˈpu]
  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

shampoo m (plural shampoos)

  1. Alternative spelling of champú

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.


Source: wiktionary.org