BLAME is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BLAME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BLAME?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLAME is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLAME
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BLAME scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BLAME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about BLAME
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BLAME mean in Scrabble?
verb
To hold someone or something responsible for a fault, mistake or bad outcome, or to find fault with a person's conduct.
A driver who runs a red light and causes a crash is the one people blame first, since the word points directly at whoever's action or failure caused the trouble. English speakers also blame things rather than people, so a farmer might blame a poor harvest on a late frost instead of on anything anyone did wrong. The related noun blame works the same way, letting someone take the blame or pass the blame on to another party without changing the underlying idea of assigned responsibility. A common set phrase, I don't blame you, softens the word into something closer to sympathy, showing that the speaker would have acted the same way in that situation.
How BLAME is used
Extremely common in everyday speech and writing, used whenever responsibility for a fault, mistake or misfortune is assigned to a person, group or cause.
- Please don't blame me for something I didn't do.
- The report chose to blame the delay on bad weather.
- She refused to blame herself for the accident.
- Critics blame the new policy for rising prices.
- I don't blame you for leaving early after that meeting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLAME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BLAME
The 5 tiles of BLAME in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BLAME
Showing 24 of 25 words that begin with BLAME.
Words with BLAME inside
3 words contain BLAME in the middle. Words that start with BLAME are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BLAME
Showing 40 of 45. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about BLAME
- Is BLAME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLAME, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLAME worth?
- BLAME is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLAME mean?
- To hold someone or something responsible for a fault, mistake or bad outcome, or to find fault with a person's conduct.
- What letters can be added to BLAME?
- BLAME takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BLAME:
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