shame
Shame can refer to a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt, an unfortunate development, or a state of dishonor. As a verb, shame can mean to bring shame or dishonor upon, compel through a sense of shame, or surpass or beat by a wide margin.
Length
5
Scrabble
10
WWF
10
Starts
SH
Ends
AME
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “SHAME” Mean?
shame has 7 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
3 sensesVerb
4 sensescompel through a sense of shame
“She shamed him into making amends”
“They shame him to write the letter”
“The performance is likely to shame Sue”
cause to be ashamed
surpass or beat by a wide margin
“Sam cannot shame Sue”
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
Length
5 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
E
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
S, H, A, M, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆SHAME has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆SHAME is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆SHAME can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆SHAME uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CCVCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
SH, HA, AM, ME
Trigrams
SHA, HAM, AME
Crossword Intelligence
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