Unscramble

s 1 c 3 h 4 m 3 o 1 o 1 z 10 e 1

8 letters · 24 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun an informal conversation

verb talk idly or casually and in a friendly way

originBorrowed from Yiddish שמועס (shmues), from Hebrew שְׁמוּעוֹת (sh'mu'ót), plural of שְׁמוּעָה (sh'mu'á, “report, piece of news, rumor”). Cognate with German schmusen (“to cuddle”, older “to flirt, flatter, schmooze”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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