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Yes. The word shaman is a Scrabble US word. The word shaman is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (2 found)

ASHMAN,SHAMAN,

5-letter words (6 found)

AMAHS,HANSA,MANAS,NAAMS,SAMAN,SHAMA,

4-letter words (18 found)

AAHS,AMAH,AMAS,ANAS,ANSA,HAMS,MAAS,MAHA,MANA,MANS,MASA,MASH,MNAS,NAAM,NAMS,SAMA,SHAM,SHAN,

3-letter words (22 found)

AAH,AAS,AHA,AHS,AMA,ANA,ANS,ASH,HAM,HAN,HAS,MAA,MAN,MAS,MNA,NAH,NAM,NAS,SAM,SAN,SHA,SMA,

2-letter words (10 found)

AA,AH,AM,AN,AS,HA,HM,MA,NA,SH,

You can make 58 words from shaman according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of shaman

shaman

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schamane, from Russian шама́н (šamán), from Evenki шама̄н (şamān), сама̄н (samān). The Evenki word is possibly derived from the root ша- ("to know"); or else a loanword from Tocharian B ṣamāne (“monk”) or Chinese 沙門／沙门 (shāmén, “Buddhist monk”), from Pali samaṇa from Sanskrit श्रमण (śramaṇa, “ascetic, monk, devotee”), from श्रम (śrama, “weariness, exhaustion; labor, toil; etc.”), which would make this a doublet of Sramana.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃɑːmən/, /ˈʃæmən/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːmən, -æmən
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃɑːmən/, /ˈʃeɪmən/, /ʃəˈmɑːn/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːmən, -eɪmən, -ɑːn

Noun

shaman (plural shamans)

  1. A traditional (unscientific) faith healer.
    Synonym: witch doctor
  2. A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds; sometimes also a healer.
    Hyponym: wu (Chinese shaman)
    Near-synonyms: medicine man, medicine woman, priest-doctor, witch doctor

Usage notes

  • The plural form is shamans, not shamen; the etymologically-consistent plural form from the original Evenki is shamasal, but this form sees no use in English; the plural form shamans is, however, universally accepted.

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Anagrams

  • Ashman, Hamans, Mahans, ashman

Source: wiktionary.org