samba
Samba can refer to a lively dance from Brazil, with roots from Africa, music composed for dancing the samba, or a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers. As a verb, samba can mean to dance the samba.
Length
5
Scrabble
9
WWF
11
Starts
SA
Ends
MBA
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “SAMBA” Mean?
/ˈsɑmbə/
samba has 5 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
4 sensesmusic composed for dancing the samba
a lively dance from Brazil, with roots from Africa
a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers
Verb
1 sensedance the samba
“Sam and Sue samba”
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
Length
5 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
A
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
S, A, M, B, A
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆SAMBA has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆SAMBA is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆SAMBA can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SAMBA contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABCDB
CV Pattern
CVCCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
SA, AM, MB, BA
Trigrams
SAM, AMB, MBA
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