shimmy
Shimmy can refer to an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels), a woman's sleeveless undergarment, or lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips. As a verb, shimmy can mean to tremble or shake or dance a shimmy.
Length
6
Scrabble
16
WWF
16
Starts
SH
Ends
MMY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “SHIMMY” Mean?
/ˈʃɪ.mi/
shimmy has 5 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
3 sensesVerb
2 sensesdance a shimmy
“Sam and Sue shimmy”
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Vowels
1
Consonants
5
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Definition
an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)
Length
6 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
Y
Vowels
1
Consonants
5
Letters
S, H, I, M, M, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★SHIMMY has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SHIMMY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆SHIMMY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SHIMMY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDDE
CV Pattern
CCVCCC
Vowel Share
17%
Consonant Share
83%
Bigrams
SH, HI, IM, MM, MY
Trigrams
SHI, HIM, IMM, MMY
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