SHREW is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SHREW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHREW?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHREW is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHREW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHREW scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHREW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does SHREW mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small insect-eating mammal resembling a mouse, with a long pointed snout, tiny eyes, and a fast metabolism.
A shrew hunts insects and worms almost constantly because its body burns energy so quickly that it can starve within hours of not eating. Unlike a true mouse it is not a rodent, and some species carry a mild venom in their saliva. The word shrew also has an older figurative sense, describing a scolding, bad-tempered person, a use made famous by Shakespeare's play about taming one.
How SHREW is used
Mainly used today for the small mammal, though the figurative sense for a nagging person still turns up in literature and set phrases.
- A common shrew scurried through the fallen leaves.
- Farmers welcome the shrew because it eats garden pests.
- The tiny shrew must eat almost constantly to survive.
- Naturalists distinguish a shrew from a mouse by its pointed snout.
- In the old comedy, the husband tries to tame a shrew.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHREW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHREW
The 5 tiles of SHREW in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SHREW
18 longer words begin with SHREW.
Words ending in SHREW
1 words end in SHREW. Useful as a back hook: play SHREW onto a word already on the board.
Words with SHREW inside
3 words contain SHREW in the middle. Words that start with SHREW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SHREW
Common questions about SHREW
- Is SHREW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHREW, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHREW worth?
- SHREW is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHREW mean?
- A small insect-eating mammal resembling a mouse, with a long pointed snout, tiny eyes, and a fast metabolism.
- What letters can be added to SHREW?
- SHREW takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHREW:
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