blame: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with B · ends with E
Meaning of blame
noun
- uncountable
Censure.
Example: Blame came from all directions.
- uncountable
Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
Example: The blame for starting the fire lies with the arsonist.
- uncountable
Responsibility for something meriting censure.
Example: They accepted the blame, but it was an accident.
- uncountable
A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.
Source: Wiktionary — blame.
verb
- transitive, usually
To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
Example: The student driver was blamed for the accident.
- transitive
To assert the cause of some bad event.
Example: We blamed the accident on the student driver.
To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
- obsolete
To bring into disrepute.
Listed forms: blames, blaming, blamed, glossary, blamest.
Source: Wiktionary — blame.
adj
- not-comparable
euphemism of damn (intensifier)
Source: Wiktionary — blame.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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adjective
expletives used informally as intensifiers
noun
an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
noun
a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
verb
put or pin the blame on
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is blame in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of blame
B(3) + L(1) + A(1) + M(3) + E(1) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of blame
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from blame
32 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in blame. Showing up to 24, longest first.