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Showing words for SHAMBLES using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Shambles

shambles

7 Letter Words for Shambles

assembl, beslash, blashes, hambles, shamble

6 Letter Words for Shambles

almehs, ambles, bashes, belahs, belash, blames, halses, hamble, hassel, hassle, lambes, lashes, mashes, massel, sables, sambel, selahs, shales, shalms, shames, sheals

5 Letter Words for Shambles

ables, ahems, almeh, almes, amble, amess, amsel, ashes, bales, balms, basel, bases, basle, basse, beams, belah, belam, bemas, bhels, blaes, blahs, blame, blams, blase, blash, bless, hable, haems, hales, halms, halse, hamel, hames, heals, helas, helms, hemal, lambs, lames, lases, leams, leash, mabes, males, mases, masse, meals, melas, melba, mesal, mesas, sabes, sable, sahme, salem, sales, salse, samel, sames, seals, seams, selah, selma, sesma, shale, shalm, shame, shams, sheal, sheas, shela, shema, slabs, slaes, slams, slash, smash

4 Letter Words for Shambles

abel, able, abls, ahem, albe, albs, alem, ales, alme, alms, ambe, amel, asem, asse, bahs, bale, balm, bals, bams, base, bash, bass, beal, beam, bela, bels, bema, besa, bess, bhel, blae, blah, blam, blas, blea, elms, haes, hale, halm, hals, hame, hams, heal, hela, helm, heml, hems, labs, lahs, lamb, lame, lams, lase, lash, lass, leam, leas, less, mabe, maes, male, mals, mase, mash, mass, meal, meas, mela, mels, mesa, mesh, mess, sabe, sabs, sale, sals, same, samh, sash, seah, seal, seam, seas, sebs, sels, shab, sham, shea, shem, shes, slab, slam

3 Letter Words for Shambles

abl, abm, abs, aes, ahs, alb, ale, als, amb, ame, asb, ase, ash, asl, ass, bae, bah, bal, bam, bas, bel, bes, bls, bsh, eam, eas, ebs, ehs, ela, elb, elm, els, ems, esm, ess, hab, hae, ham, has, hel, hem, hes, lab, lah, lam, las, lbs, lea, lem, les, lhb, mab, mae, mal, mas, mba, mea, meh, mel, mes, mls, msb, msh, msl, mss, sab, sah, sal, sam, sbe, sea, sel, sem, sha, she, sla, sle, sma, sml, sse, ssh

Definitions for Shambles

[1] shambles, (used with a singular or plural verb ) a slaughterhouse. any place of carnage. any scene of destruction: to turn cities into shambles. any scene, place, or thing in disorder: Her desk is a shambles.
[2] British Dialect . a butcher's shop or stall.
[3] to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
[4] a shambling gait.
[5] a place of great disorder the room was a shambles after the party
[6] a place where animals are brought to be slaughtered
[7] any place of slaughter or carnage
[8] British dialect a row of covered stalls or shops where goods, originally meat, are sold
[9] (intr) to walk or move along in an awkward or unsteady way
[10] an awkward or unsteady walk

Words related to Shambles

shambledisarray, maelstrom, hash, botch, babel, bedlam, chaos, havoc, muddle, madhouse, confusion, mix-up, disorder, anarchy, disorganization, mess-up

Words nearby Shambles

haman, shamanism, shamash, shamateur, shamba, shamble, shambles, shambolic, shame, shame on you, shamefaced

Origin of Shambles

21675–85; perhaps short for shamble-legs one that walks wide (i.e., as if straddling), reminiscent of the legs of a shamble1 (in earlier sense “butcher's table”)

Word origin for Shambles

C17: from shamble (adj) ungainly, perhaps from the phrase shamble legs legs resembling those of a meat vendor's table; see shambles

Synonyms for Shambles

disarray, anarchy, babel, bedlam, botch, chaos, confusion, disorder, disorganization, hash, havoc, madhouse, maelstrom, mess-up, mix-up, muddle, hodge-podge