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SHRILL

6 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SHRILL Means

  1. adjective: having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones“a shrill whistle”
  2. adjective: being sharply insistent on being heard“strident demands”
  3. verb: utter a shrill cry

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SHRILL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 R1 I1 L1 L1.

Words Made From The Letters In SHRILL

20 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.

5 letter words (3)

4 letter words (6)

3 letter words (6)

2 letter words (5)

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