What SHRINKS Means
SHRINKS is a form of SHRINK, which means:
- verb: wither, as with a loss of moisture“The fruit dried and shriveled”
- verb: draw back, as with fear or pain“she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf”
- noun: a physician who specializes in psychiatry
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SHRINKS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 R1 I1 N1 K5 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In SHRINKS
63 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.
6 letter words (2)
5 letter words (11)
4 letter words (26)
HINSHISNHISSINKSIRKSKHISKINSKIRNKIRSKISHKISSKRISNISHRINKRINSRISKSHINSHIRSHRISINHSINKSINSSIRSSKINSKISSRIS
3 letter words (18)
2 letter words (6)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.