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Is shrew a Scrabble word?

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

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Is shrew a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word shrew is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

SHREW,WERSH,

4-letter words (6 found)

HERS,HEWS,REHS,RESH,REWS,SHEW,

3-letter words (11 found)

EHS,ERS,HER,HES,HEW,REH,RES,REW,SER,SEW,SHE,

2-letter words (8 found)

EH,ER,ES,EW,HE,RE,SH,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 28 words from shrew according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of shrew

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Definitions and meaning of shrew

shrew

Pronunciation

  • enPR: shro͞o, shrū, IPA(key): /ʃɹuː/, /ʃɹɪu̯/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Etymology 1

From Middle English *schrewe, from Old English sċrēawa (“shrew”), from Proto-Germanic *skrawwaz (“thin; meagre; frail”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut; shorten; skimp”). Cognates include Old High German scrawaz (“dwarf”), Norwegian skrugg (“dwarf”).

Noun

shrew (plural shrews)

  1. Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae (order Soricomorpha).
  2. Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews (order Soricomorpha).
  3. (derogatory) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.
Usage notes

The best-known use of the meaning 'ill-tempered woman' is probably from The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare.

Alternative forms
  • shrow (obsolete)
Synonyms
  • (mouselike mammal): ranny (obsolete)
  • (nagging woman): See Thesaurus:shrew
Hyponyms
  • (mouselike mammal): common shrew
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English schrewen (“to make evil; curse”), from Middle English schrewe, schrowe, screwe (“wicked; evil; an evil person”), from Old English *scrēawa (“wicked person”, literally “biter”). Perhaps ultimately from the same word as Etymology 1 above.

Verb

shrew (third-person singular simple present shrews, present participle shrewing, simple past and past participle shrewed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To beshrew; to curse.

Anagrams

  • Rhews, wersh

Source: wiktionary.org