What SHAMS Means
SHAMS is a form of SHAM, which means:
- noun: something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
- noun: a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- verb: make a pretence of“She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger”
- verb: make believe with the intent to deceive“He feigned that he was ill”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SHAMS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 A1 M3 S1.
Anagrams of SHAMS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In SHAMS
22 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (7)
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (7)
Longer Words Containing SHAMS
SHAMS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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