SHAMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SHAMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHAMAN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHAMAN is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHAMAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shamansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHAMAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHAMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does SHAMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person believed to reach the spirit world in a trance and to heal or guide others by doing so.
Shaman comes through Russian from a word of the Tungus people of Siberia, and anthropologists first used it for healers and ritual leaders of northern Asia. Writers now apply it more widely to similar figures in many traditions around the world. In everyday talk a shaman can also be someone seen as a guide with deep, almost mystical insight.
How SHAMAN is used
Used in anthropology and general writing; the matching adjective is shamanic.
- The shaman beat a drum and entered a trance.
- Villagers sent for the shaman when the child fell ill.
- Each shaman in the region learned the songs from an elder.
- The film follows a shaman who walks into the forest at dawn.
- Tourists asked the shaman about the old rituals of the valley.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHAMAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHAMAN
The 6 tiles of SHAMAN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SHAMAN
7 longer words begin with SHAMAN.
Shorter words from the letters in SHAMAN
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Common questions about SHAMAN
- Is SHAMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHAMAN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHAMAN worth?
- SHAMAN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHAMAN mean?
- A person believed to reach the spirit world in a trance and to heal or guide others by doing so.
- What letters can be added to SHAMAN?
- SHAMAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHAMAN:
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