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Is screech a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word screech is a Scrabble US word. The word screech is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

S1C3R1E1E1C3H4

Is screech a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word screech is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

S1C3R1E1E1C3H4

Is screech a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word screech is a Words With Friends word. The word screech is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1C4R1E1E1C4H3

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7-letter words (2 found)

CRECHES,SCREECH,

6-letter words (4 found)

CHEERS,CRECHE,CREESH,RECCES,

5-letter words (12 found)

CERES,CHEER,CHERE,CREES,ECHES,HERES,HERSE,RECCE,REECH,SCREE,SHEER,SHERE,

4-letter words (17 found)

CEES,CERE,CHER,CREE,ECCE,ECHE,EECH,ERES,HERE,HERS,RECS,REES,REHS,RESH,SECH,SEER,SERE,

3-letter words (16 found)

CEE,CHE,ECH,EHS,ERE,ERS,HER,HES,REC,REE,REH,RES,SEC,SEE,SER,SHE,

2-letter words (8 found)

CH,EE,EH,ER,ES,HE,RE,SH,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 60 words from screech according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of screech

screech

Etymology

1602; altered with expressive vowel lengthening from earlier skrech (1577), variant of obsolete scritch, from Middle English skriken, shrichen, schrichen (1250), from Old English (attested as scriccettan) and Old Norse skríkja, both from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną (compare Icelandic skríkja, Old Saxon scricōn, Danish skrige, Swedish skrika), derivative of *skrīhaną (compare Middle Dutch schriën, German schreien, Low German dial. schrien, schriegen), ultimately of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: skrēch, IPA(key): /skɹiːt͡ʃ/
    • (UK) IPA(key): [skɹiːt͡ʃ]
    • (US) IPA(key): [skɹit͡ʃ]
  • Rhymes: -iːt͡ʃ

Noun

screech (countable and uncountable, plural screeches)

  1. (countable) A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
  2. (countable) A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
  3. (Newfoundlander, uncountable) Newfoundland rum.
  4. (uncountable) A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery.

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Verb

screech (third-person singular simple present screeches, present participle screeching, simple past and past participle screeched)

  1. To make such a sound.
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) To travel very fast, as if making the sound of a car that is driving too fast.

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  • creches, crèches

Source: wiktionary.org