What does EMBARRASSMENT mean?

Pronunciation
/ɪmˈbɛrəsmənt/
Letters
13
Scrabble score
19
Words With Friends score
23
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

noun

  1. the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
  2. the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)“he is currently suffering financial embarrassments”
  3. some event that causes someone to be embarrassed“the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals”
  4. extreme excess“an embarrassment of riches”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

embarrassments20

Anagrams of EMBARRASSMENT

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside EMBARRASSMENT

824 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

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Questions

Is EMBARRASSMENT a valid word in word games?

EMBARRASSMENT is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is EMBARRASSMENT worth?

EMBARRASSMENT is worth 19 points with Scrabble letter values and 23 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from EMBARRASSMENT?

824 other words, including BE, AS, ARE and AT.