samba

samba is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers
2. noun. a lively ballroom dance from Brazil
3. noun. music composed for dancing the samba
4. noun. 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

   Synonyms: arere, obeche, obechi

5. verb. dance the samba

Synonyms

arere, obeche, obechi

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in samba:

ambas

Common word forms

sambas, sambaed, sambaing

Words from these letters

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