SHAMA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. SHAMA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept SHAMA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHAMA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHAMA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHAMA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHAMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does SHAMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A songbird of southern Asia known for its long, cocked tail and rich, varied song.
The shama has glossy black upperparts, a chestnut breast and a long tail it often holds cocked upward, and it is prized as a cage bird for the beauty of its call. Its full common name is the white-rumped shama, and it belongs to the same family as robins and chats rather than to the true thrushes. In the wild the shama lives in dense forest undergrowth across India and Southeast Asia, where it is famous for imitating the calls of other birds. The English name shama comes from Hindi.
How SHAMA is used
Used mainly in birdwatching and ornithology, often written as white-rumped shama.
- A shama sang from deep inside the thicket at dawn.
- Bird keepers once prized the shama for its singing.
- The guide pointed out a shama by its cocked black tail.
- Records show the shama breeding in the forest reserve each year.
- The call of the shama can mimic several other species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHAMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHAMA
The 5 tiles of SHAMA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SHAMA
17 longer words begin with SHAMA.
Shorter words from the letters in SHAMA
Common questions about SHAMA
- Is SHAMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHAMA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHAMA worth?
- SHAMA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHAMA mean?
- A songbird of southern Asia known for its long, cocked tail and rich, varied song.
- What letters can be added to SHAMA?
- SHAMA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHAMA:
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