creak

creak is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.
2. transitive verb. To produce a creaking sound with.
3. noun. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
4. noun. a squeaking sound

   "the creak of the floorboards gave him away"

   Synonyms: creaking

5. verb. make a high-pitched, screeching noise

   "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"

   "My car engine makes a whining noise"

   Synonyms: screak, screech, skreak, squeak, whine

Synonyms

creaking, screak, screech, skreak, squeak, whine

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in creak:

acker, caker, crake

Common word forms

creaks, creaked, creaker, creaking

Words from these letters

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