shakuhachi
A Japanese flute which is tuned to a pentatonic scale and is end-blown like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the Western transverse flute.
Length
10
Scrabble
25
WWF
24
Starts
SH
Ends
CHI
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SHAKUHACHI” Mean?
A Japanese flute which is tuned to a pentatonic scale and is end-blown like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the Western transverse flute.
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
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Definition
A Japanese flute which is tuned to a pentatonic scale and is end-blown like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the Western transverse flute.
Length
10 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
I
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
S, H, A, K, U, H, A, C, H, I
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★SHAKUHACHI has a Scrabble score of 25. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SHAKUHACHI is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SHAKUHACHI can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SHAKUHACHI contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDEBCFBG
CV Pattern
CCVCVCVCCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
SH, HA, AK, KU, UH, HA, AC, CH, HI
Trigrams
SHA, HAK, AKU, KUH, UHA, HAC, ACH, CHI
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