The word shama is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • shama n. Copsychus malabaricus (white-rumped shama), a saxicoline songbird of India, glossy black with a white…
  • (In French) shama n.m. (Histoire) Vêtement blanc, bordé de rouge, que portaient…
  • (In French) shama n.m. (Ornithologie) Passereau du genre Copsychus vivant sur…

15 valid words from 3 definitions

BLACK BORDE DE GENRE GLOSSY INDIA OF ROUGE RUMPED SAXICOLINE SHAMA SONGBIRD SUR WHITE WITH

11 invalid words from 3 definitions

BLANC COPSYCHUS DU HISTOIRE MALABARICUS ORNITHOLOGIE PASSEREAU PORTAIENT QUE VETEMENT VIVANT

8 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AM AMA HA HAM MA SH SHA SHAM

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AH AHS AM AMA AMAH AMAHS MA

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

AMAHS

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

SHAME SHAMS SHAYA

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

SAMA SHAM

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

SHAMBA

17 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

SHAMAL SHAMAN SHAMAS SHAMALS SHAMANS SHAMABLE SHAMABLY SHAMANIC SHAMANISM SHAMANIST SHAMATEUR SHAMANISMS SHAMANISTS SHAMATEURS SHAMANISTIC SHAMATEURISM SHAMATEURISMS

24 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+B SHAMBA
+C CAMASH
+E ASHAME
+G GAMASH
+I AHIMSA
+K HAKAMS
+L ALMAHS HALMAS HAMALS SHAMAL
+N ASHMAN SHAMAN
+O HAOMAS
+R ASHRAM HARAMS MARAHS
+S SHAMAS
+T ASTHMA MATSAH
+U MAHUAS MASHUA
+W MAHWAS
+Z HAMZAS SHAZAM

10 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-A HAMS MASH SHAM
-H AMAS MAAS MASA SAMA
-M AAHS
-S AMAH MAHA

Scrabble scoring

  • 10 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 1101 chance (0.09%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 6224 chance (0.02%).

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Categories without words

  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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