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shame

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Is shame a Scrabble word?

Yes, shame is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle Yes
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of shame?

Definition

intj (English)

1. (South Africa) Expressing sympathy.Examples: "Shame, you poor thing, you must be cold!"Synonyms: what a pity, what a shame, bad luck, cuhdear, hard lines, hard luck, pity, shameSouth-Africa

adj (English)

1. (Australian Aboriginal) Feeling shame; ashamed.Examples: "She says that she doesn't touch them, this is important, sometimes maybe a handshake may make them more shame, that is shy or embarrassed."; "Int.[:] What types of things have you learnt about at AIME, like about yourselves or about others? Deon[:] To be confident. Greg[:] Yeah be confident. And not be shame…"; "Aunty Gracelyn is most famous for her role in developing 'Condoman', the Indigenous superhero whose catchcry and public health message 'don’t be shame be game, use condoms!' became a defining figure of Australia's HIV and AIDS crisis."

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To cause to feel shame.Examples: "I was shamed by the teacher's public disapproval."; "Were there but one righteous in the world, he would[…]shame the world, and not the world him."Synonyms: abash, demean, humiliate, insult, mortify, confoundtransitive

2. (transitive) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.Examples: "And with fowle cowardize his carcas ſhame,"transitive

3. (transitive) To denounce as having done something shameful; to criticize with the intent or effect of causing a feeling of shame.Examples: "Stop shaming others about their food choices."; "It is disgraceful that you should be used by adults for the purpose of trying to shame us because our extraction of timber from our forests."transitive

4. (transitive) To drive or compel by shame.Examples: "The politician was shamed into resigning."transitive

5. (obsolete, intransitive) To feel shame, be ashamed.Examples: "Broder she said I can not telle yow For it was not done by me nor by myn assente For he is my lord and I am his and he must be myn husband therfore my broder I wille that ye wete I shame me not to be with hym nor to doo hym alle the pleasyr that I can"; "I do ſhame to thinke of what a noble ſtraine you are, and of how coward a ſpirit."intransitiveobsolete

6. (obsolete, transitive) To mock at; to deride.Examples: "Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge."obsoletetransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "shame"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "shame"?

Scrabble
10 points
S1
H4
A1
M3
E1
Words With Friends
10 points
S1
H3
A1
M4
E1

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