Shriek is valid Scrabble Word

Is shriek a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is shriek valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

6 letters word
13 points in Scrabble
12 points in WWF

Definitions for SHRIEK in dictionary:

VERB:

to utter a scream, also SCRIKE, SHREEK, SHREIK, SHRIECH, SHRIKE, SHRITCH, SKRIKE
utter a high-pitched piercing sound or words, especially as an expression of terror, pain, or excitement
(of something inanimate) make a high-pitched screeching sound
be very obvious or strikingly discordant
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.
To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.
utter (with) a shriek

NOUN:

a high-pitched piercing cry or sound; a scream
an exclamation mark.
A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.

sharp piercing cry
a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
shrill cry

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

to utter a shrill cry

Words related to SHRIEK

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Words that contain SHRIEK

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How to use SHRIEK in a sentence

But the handkerchief must have slipped out, for she suddenly raised a shriek, a loud and terrible shriek.
He did see it, but as he thought these cruel thoughts, and hardened himself in them, a pale, scared face, with wild, pleading eyes, vanished with a shriek of anguish.
But, true to his nature, he did not crouch down under the shriek of that first shell.
Uttering a wild and piercing shriek, he started from it towards the edge of the precipice.
The criminal was a fine young woman, and the strangling had not been completed, for when the flames reached her at the stake, she uttered a shriek.
The shriek of the battle penetrated all the dwellings in Prague, appalling every ear, like a wail from the world of woe.
From the others there was a cry of wonder and delight, and from Lord Ivy a shriek of incredulous laughter.
At last she fell to the floor with a final shriek, where she struggled about for several minutes, much to the alarm of those in her immediate vicinity.
Guy laid the form gently back on the bed, and something in his face must have told the stricken wife that all was over, for her piercing shriek chilled everyone to the heart.
She started up with a little shriek, shaking off the unlucky spider as if it had been the Black Death in concrete.

It whizzed about her head, and she gave an awful shriek of horror as she felt its slimy folds about her neck.
When I heard the rushing waters and saw a mighty flood rolling towards me I gave a loud shriek of terror.
I knew, but dimly, that the night was pierced by shriek on shriek.
On receiving the tidings, he uttered a shriek, and the shock was so great as to burst a blood-vessel in his brain.
But Helene, when she saw a woman dressed in black, sat upright in bed with a shriek of horror.
At last, with a thrill of joy, he heard the engine give its warning shriek as it ran into the big station.
Often however a piercing shriek was sufficient to produce the required action.
It culminated presently in the crack of a revolver, a shriek of pain, and a wild British cheer.
Elise uttered a loud, piercing shriek, and covered her face with her hands.
As he fell, Wabi fired once, and there came to their ears shriek after shriek of agony as a second pursuer fell with a shattered leg.
Amine rose with a shriek, held out her arms, and then fell senseless back.
Blows protruding over the edge of the straw, threw up his arms with a piercing shriek and fell off the shafts on to the road.
And when assured that he is there alone, Gives utterance to his grief in shriek and groan.
An occasional shriek was heard above the roar of the tempest, as, one after another, the exhausted men fell into the water, or were wrenched from their hold of the piece of wreck.
Another minute, and her laughter and her cries came forth together, shriek upon shriek.
A shriek from Sue suddenly caused him to start round.
An instant later, they heard a servant open the door, and then a wild, ringing shriek echoed through the house.

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