SHRIKE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SHRIKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHRIKE?
| 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 SHRIKE is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHRIKE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHRIKE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHRIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What stands out about SHRIKE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SHRIKE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A songbird with a strong hooked bill that hunts small animals and often impales its prey on thorns.
The shrike is nicknamed the butcher bird because it spikes insects, lizards and small birds on thorns or barbed wire, storing them for later. Despite its fierce habits it is a modest-sized perching bird, and many species live in open country across Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. In older English the same spelling also stood for a verb meaning to shriek.
How SHRIKE is used
A bird-watching term; also used in the names of unrelated birds that look similar, such as the cuckoo-shrike.
- A shrike sat on the hawthorn and scanned the meadow.
- We found a beetle impaled on a thorn, the larder of a shrike.
- The shrike has a hooked beak like a tiny hawk.
- Every spring a pair of shrike nested in the hedge by the lane.
- Her photograph of the shrike won the local nature prize.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHRIKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHRIKE
The 6 tiles of SHRIKE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SHRIKE
2 longer words begin with SHRIKE.
Shorter words from the letters in SHRIKE
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Common questions about SHRIKE
- Is SHRIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHRIKE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHRIKE worth?
- SHRIKE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHRIKE mean?
- A songbird with a strong hooked bill that hunts small animals and often impales its prey on thorns.
- What letters can be added to SHRIKE?
- SHRIKE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHRIKE:
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