Definitions for shambles

shambles sham·ble

Spelling: [sham-buh l]
IPA: /ˈʃæm bəl/

Shambles is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 318 anagrams from letters in shambles (abehlmss).

Definitions for shambles

noun

  1. shambles, (used with a singular or plural verb) a slaughterhouse. any place of carnage. any scene of destruction: any scene, place, or thing in disorder:
  2. British Dialect. a butcher's shop or stall.
  3. a shambling gait.

verb (used without object)

  1. to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.

Origin of shambles

before 900; Middle English shamel, Old English sc(e)amel stool, table Late Latin scamellum, Latin scamillum, diminutive of Latin scamnum bench; compare German Schemel

Examples for shambles

When asked what it was like in there, Mr. Nicholas B. muttered only the word "shambles."

He staggered back to his room like a bullock to its pen after it has had its death-blow in the shambles.

And the shambles he had seen there couldn't have been done by human beings.

The unity government that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas established with Hamas is now in shambles.

When asked what it was like in there Mr. Nicholas B. muttered the only word "shambles."

And as a guarantee of a Third World economy in shambles, Scotland is oil-rich.

The place was become a shambles, and the very kennels ran with blood.

The fatherland is a shambles, Bolivarian socialism has failed, and Comandante Chávez is dead.

But even the most ardent supporters of negotiations with the Taliban recognize that the so-called peace process is in shambles.

Brilliant as he is in the courtroom, his self-destructive personality leaves his personal life in shambles.

Word Value for shambles
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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