Shriek
Shriek is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 13 points
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 1
- How common
- Rare
Meaning of shriek
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nounSharp piercing cry.
“her screaming attracted the neighbors”
Similar: scream , screaming , shrieking , screech , screeching
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nounA high-pitched noise resembling a human cry.
“he ducked at the screechings of shells”
Similar: screech , screeching , shrieking , scream , screaming
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verbUtter a shrill cry.
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of shriek
Words inside shriek
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- heirs8
- hikes12
- hires8
- sheik12
- shire8
- skier9
- hiker12
- shirk12
- keirs9
- kiers9
- shier8
- siker9
- risk8
- hire7
- rise4
- heir7
- hers7
- hike11
- kris8
- shri7
- sire4
- hies7
- ires4
- irks8
- keir8
- kier8
- reis4
- resh7
- sike8
- khis11
- kirs8
- her6
- his6
- she6
- sir3
- ski7
- sri3
- ers3
- hes6
- ire3
Words that rhyme with shriek
- speak
- week
- creek
- freak
- greek
- leak
- peak
- seek
- streak
- weak
- beak
- bleak
- cheek
- chic
- clique
- geek
- meek
- peek
- sheik
- sheikh
- sleek
- sneak
- tweak
- creak
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