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Is shim a Scrabble word?

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

S1H4I1M3

Is shim a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1H4I1M3

Is shim a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word shim is a Words With Friends word. The word shim is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1H3I1M4

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4-letter words (2 found)

HIMS,SHIM,

3-letter words (6 found)

HIM,HIS,ISH,ISM,MIS,SIM,

2-letter words (6 found)

HI,HM,IS,MI,SH,SI,

You can make 14 words from shim according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of shim

shim hsim sihm ishm hism ihsm shmi hsmi smhi mshi hmsi mhsi simh ismh smih msih imsh mish hims ihms hmis mhis imhs mihs

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word shim. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in shim.

Definitions and meaning of shim

shim

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɪm/
  • Rhymes: -ɪm

Etymology 1

Unknown; from Kent. Originally a piece of iron attached to a plow; sense of “thin piece of wood” from 1723, sense of “thin piece of material used for alignment or support” from 1860.

Noun

shim (plural shims)

  1. A wedge.
  2. A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
  3. (computing) A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
  4. A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
  5. A small metal device used to pick open a lock.
Translations

Verb

shim (third-person singular simple present shims, present participle shimming, simple past and past participle shimmed)

  1. To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery.
  2. To adjust something by using shims.
  3. To adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field, after the mechanical devices once used for the purpose.
  4. (computing, transitive) To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.
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Etymology 2

Blend of she +‎ him.

Noun

shim (plural shims)

  1. (informal, often derogatory) A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite.
    Synonym: (derogatory) he-she
  2. (informal, often derogatory) A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite.
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See also

  • shim-pua marriage (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

  • HMIS, HMIs, Mish, hims, mish

Kanuri

Noun

shim

  1. eye

Uzbek

Noun

shim (plural shimlar)

  1. pants

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org