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SHRIEKING

9 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What SHRIEKING Means

  1. noun: sharp piercing cry“her screaming attracted the neighbors”
  2. noun: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry“he ducked at the screechings of shells”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SHRIEKING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 R1 I1 E1 K5 I1 N1 G2.

Anagrams of SHRIEKING (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In SHRIEKING

282 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

8 letter words (3)

7 letter words (16)

6 letter words (41)

5 letter words (64)

4 letter words (91)

3 letter words (53)

2 letter words (14)

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