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Is thriller a Scrabble word?

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

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Is thriller a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is thriller a Words With Friends word?

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

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8-letter words (1 found)

THRILLER,

7-letter words (2 found)

THILLER,TRILLER,

6-letter words (5 found)

HILLER,LITHER,RILLET,THRILL,TILLER,

5-letter words (15 found)

HIRER,ILLER,ILLTH,ITHER,LITER,LITHE,LITRE,RELIT,RILLE,THEIR,THILL,THIRL,TILER,TRIER,TRILL,

4-letter words (30 found)

ELHI,HEIL,HEIR,HELL,HERL,HILL,HILT,HIRE,LEHR,LEIR,LIER,LILT,LIRE,LITE,LITH,RIEL,RILE,RILL,RITE,TEHR,TEIL,TELL,THIR,TIER,TILE,TILL,TIRE,TIRL,TIRR,TRIE,

3-letter words (22 found)

ELL,ELT,ERR,ETH,HER,HET,HIE,HIT,ILL,IRE,LEI,LET,LIE,LIT,REH,REI,RET,RIT,TEL,THE,TIE,TIL,

2-letter words (11 found)

EH,EL,ER,ET,HE,HI,IT,LI,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 87 words from thriller according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of thriller

thriller

Etymology

From thrill +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθɹɪlə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈθɹɪlɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

thriller (plural thrillers)

  1. Something that thrills.
  2. (film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.
  3. (beverages) Commercial term for a sharp, usually sweetened herbal tea flavored with a fruit or berry.

Synonyms

  • (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): pulp novel

Hypernyms

  • (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): detective story, mystery novel, whodunit, crime fiction

Hyponyms

  • (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): ecothriller, horror movie, hard-boiled crime fiction

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • chiller
  • page-turner

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English thriller.

Noun

thriller m inan

  1. thriller (suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.)

Declension

Further reading

  • thriller in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English thriller.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁi.lœʁ/, (anglicized) /sʁi.lœʁ/

Noun

thriller m (plural thrillers)

  1. thriller
    Hyponym: éco-thriller

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “thriller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English thriller.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtril.ler/
  • Rhymes: -iller
  • Hyphenation: thrìl‧ler

Noun

thriller m (invariable)

  1. thriller (film, book etc.)

References

Further reading

  • thriller in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtri.lɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ilɛr
  • Syllabification: thri‧ller

Noun

thriller m inan

  1. thriller (literary genre)
    Synonym: dreszczowiec
  2. thriller (film genre)
    Synonym: dreszczowiec

Declension

Further reading

  • thriller in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • thriller in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.

Noun

thriller n (plural thrillere)

  1. thriller

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθrileɾ/ [ˈθ̬ri.leɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsrileɾ/ [ˈzri.leɾ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾileɾ/ [ˈt̪ɾi.leɾ]
  • Rhymes: -ileɾ

Noun

thriller m (plural thrillers or thriller)

  1. thriller (film, book etc.)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

  • “thriller”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.

Noun

thriller c

  1. a thriller (book, movie, etc.)

Declension

Derived terms

  • actionthriller
  • dramathriller
  • spionthriller
  • thrillerdrama
  • thrillerserie

References

  • thriller in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • thriller in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • thriller in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org