shend

Verb

Verb Forms: shent, shending, shends

To disgrace, revile, or put to shame.
To disgrace or put to shame.
To blame.
To destroy; to spoil.
To overpower; to surpass.

Examples

To SHEND an opponent in Words With Friends, one must play a seven-letter word on premium squares.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English shenden, from Old English sċendan (“to put to shame, blame, disgrace”), from Proto-West Germanic *skandijan (“to scold, berate”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kem- (“to cover”). Cognate with Dutch schenden (“to infringe, profane, defile”), German schänden (“defile”). Related to Old English sċand (“infamy, shame, scandal”). More at shand, shame.

Scrabble Score: 9

shend: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
shend: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shend: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

shend: valid Words With Friends Word