shamisen

NOUN
8 LETTERS · STARTS WITH S

shamisen is a valid 8-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1H4A1M3I1S1E1N1
1 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING

What does shamisen mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

A Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum.

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