SHAM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SHAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHAM?
| 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 SHAM is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHAM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHAM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SHAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What stands out about SHAM
- The same 4 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 SHAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A thing that is not what it claims to be.
Sham appeared in the 1670s as slang and nobody has traced it further back, though a northern pronunciation of shame is the usual guess. It works as noun, verb and adjective alike.
How SHAM is used
Countable. Also a verb: shammed, shams.
- The whole inquiry was a sham from the first day.
- The word sham appeared as slang in the 1670s.
- He shammed illness for a fortnight.
- A sham fight was staged for the visitors.
- Where sham came from has never been settled.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHAM
The 4 tiles of SHAM in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SHAM
Showing 24 of 103 words that begin with SHAM.
Words ending in SHAM
1 words end in SHAM. Useful as a back hook: play SHAM onto a word already on the board.
Words with SHAM inside
Showing 24 of 26 words that contain SHAM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SHAM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SHAM
Common questions about SHAM
- Is SHAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHAM, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHAM worth?
- SHAM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHAM mean?
- A thing that is not what it claims to be.
- What letters can be added to SHAM?
- SHAM takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SHAM:
Open SHAM in the Word Finder