SHAMMY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SHAMMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHAMMY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHAMMY is to know. It scores 16 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHAMMY
No single letter turns SHAMMY into another word.
How SHAMMY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHAMMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,278 thousand.
What stands out about SHAMMY
- SHAMMY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SHAMMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A soft piece of suede leather, used for polishing and drying glass and cars.
The shammy is the cloth many people keep in the garage for wiping a windscreen without leaving streaks. It is a casual spelling of chamois, and the material was once made from the skin of a mountain antelope but is now taken from sheep.
How SHAMMY is used
Everyday word for the polishing leather, also written chamois.
- He dried the car with a clean shammy.
- Wring out the shammy before wiping the window.
- A damp shammy leaves glass without streaks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHAMMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHAMMY
1 longer words begin with SHAMMY.
Shorter words from the letters in SHAMMY
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Common questions about SHAMMY
- Is SHAMMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHAMMY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHAMMY worth?
- SHAMMY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHAMMY mean?
- A soft piece of suede leather, used for polishing and drying glass and cars.
- What letters can be added to SHAMMY?
- No single letter can be added to SHAMMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHAMMY:
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