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Is scree a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word scree is a Scrabble US word. The word scree is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is scree a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word scree is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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Yes. The word scree is a Words With Friends word. The word scree is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (3 found)

CERES,CREES,SCREE,

4-letter words (8 found)

CEES,CERE,CREE,ERES,RECS,REES,SEER,SERE,

3-letter words (9 found)

CEE,ERE,ERS,REC,REE,RES,SEC,SEE,SER,

2-letter words (4 found)

EE,ER,ES,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 25 words from scree according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of scree

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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word scree. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in scree.

Definitions and meaning of scree

scree

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /skɹiː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /skɹi/
  • Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

Probably a back-formation from screes, from Old Norse skriða (“landslide, landslip”); compare skríða (“to glide”) (from Proto-Germanic *skrīþaną (“to crawl; to glide; to walk”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreyt-, *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”)). The word is cognate with Icelandic skriða (“avalanche; landslide, landslip; steep mountain- or hillside made up of gravel and loose rocks”).

Noun

scree (countable and uncountable, plural screes)

  1. (uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope. [from early 18th c.]
  2. (uncountable, by extension) Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc.
  3. (countable) A slope made up of loose stony debris at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc.
Derived terms
  • scree plot
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Verb

scree (third-person singular simple present screes, present participle screeing, simple past and past participle screed)

  1. To traverse scree downhill.
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Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

scree (plural screes)

  1. A harsh, high-pitched sound or cry (as of a hawk).

Verb

scree (third-person singular simple present screes, present participle screeing, simple past and past participle screed)

  1. To make a high-pitched cry like that of a hawk.

Etymology 3

A variant of screed.

Verb

scree (third-person singular simple present screes, present participle screeing, simple past and past participle screed)

  1. To flatten or level concrete while still wet, and remove protruding gravel and stones from the surface.

Etymology 4

Apparently from screen.

Noun

scree (plural screes)

  1. (Scotland) A coarse sieve.

References

Further reading

  • scree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Category:Screes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Anagrams

  • Ceres, Crees, ceres

Source: wiktionary.org