Unscramble SHRIKES and you have 123 words, SHRIKES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. SHRIKES has 2 anagrams here, SHREIKS and SHRIEKS, scoring 14 like SHRIKES itself. Among the shorter answers, 8 reach 13 points, HIKERS, SHRIKE and SHRIEK among them. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of SHRIKES at once for 64 in Scrabble (14 + 50) or 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SHRIKES split into 3 with 7 letters, 16 with 6, 27 with 5, 41 with 4, 26 with 3 and 10 with 2.
4 of 41 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHRIKES tie at 11 points; none scores more. RISK, HIRE and RISE will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of SHRIKES, with one letter different:
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What SHRIKES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SHRIKES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHRIKES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 123) | 92 | 122 | 88 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
31 of the 123 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHREIKS, KISHES, SHREIK, KESH, KISH, REIKS, SEHRIS, SERKS, SKERS, EIKS, ERKS, ISHES and 19 more. 4 of the 123 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SKRIES, KIS, SESH and KI. 1 of the 123 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: SHIKSE.
Each word below uses all the letters of SHRIKES and one more.