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The word shootthemessenger is in the Wiktionary

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— English word —
  • shoot␣the␣messenger v. (Idiomatic) To blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable for a problem because…
11 English words from the English definition

accountable because blame for hold Idiomatic problem reported somebody To␣blame whoever

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

don't␣shoot␣the␣messenger

61 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eme Eme EME -eme emes eng ENG Eng. Enge ess ESS -ess Ess. esse Essen ger Ger GER Ger. Ger⁺⁶ hem Hem 'hem hem- heme hemes hoo Hoo hoot Hoot mes MEs MES mes- mess Mess messenger Messenger oot OoT ott Ott OTT sen Sen SEN Sen. Seng Senger sho Sho SHO sho' shoo shoot SSE the the- them theme themes

32 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eme Eme EME -eme ess ESS -ess Ess. esse meh Meh NES ness Ness -ness -nesse ohs OHs OHS ooh OOH oohs reg Reg sem Sem SEM seme semé SSE too TTO

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

shoots␣the␣messenger

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

shot␣the␣messenger

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

shot␣the␣messenger

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

shoots␣the␣messenger


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