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Is shriek a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word shriek is a Scrabble US word. The word shriek is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is shriek a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word shriek is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

S1H4R1I1E1K5

Is shriek a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word shriek is a Words With Friends word. The word shriek is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (4 found)

HIKERS,SHREIK,SHRIEK,SHRIKE,

5-letter words (15 found)

HEIRS,HIKER,HIKES,HIRES,KEIRS,KIERS,REIKS,RHIES,SEHRI,SHEIK,SHIER,SHIRE,SHIRK,SIKER,SKIER,

4-letter words (31 found)

EIKS,EISH,ERKS,HEIR,HERS,HIES,HIKE,HIRE,IRES,IRKS,KEIR,KESH,KHIS,KIER,KIRS,KISH,KRIS,REHS,REIK,REIS,RESH,RISE,RISK,SEIK,SEIR,SERK,SHIR,SHRI,SIKE,SIRE,SKER,

3-letter words (25 found)

EHS,EIK,ERK,ERS,HER,HES,HIE,HIS,IKE,IRE,IRK,ISH,KHI,KIR,KIS,REH,REI,RES,SEI,SER,SHE,SIK,SIR,SKI,SRI,

2-letter words (10 found)

EH,ER,ES,HE,HI,IS,KI,RE,SH,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 86 words from shriek according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of shriek

shriek

Alternative forms

  • shreek (obsolete)

Etymology

From obsolete shrick (1567), shreke, variants of earlier screak, skricke (before 1500), from Middle English scrycke, from a North Germanic/Scandinavian language (compare Swedish skrika, Danish skrige, Icelandic skríkja), from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną, *skrik- (compare English screech). More at screech.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɹiːk/
  • Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

shriek (plural shrieks)

  1. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
  2. (UK, slang) An exclamation mark.

Derived terms

  • shriek owl

Translations

Verb

shriek (third-person singular simple present shrieks, present participle shrieking, simple past and past participle shrieked)

  1. (intransitive) To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.
  2. (transitive) To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.

Derived terms

  • ashriek
  • shrieking sixties

Translations

Anagrams

  • Ihrkes, hikers, shrike

Source: wiktionary.org