screech

screech is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. verb. To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek.
2. noun. A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
3. noun. sharp piercing cry

   "her screaming attracted the neighbors"

   Synonyms: scream, screaming, screeching, shriek, shrieking

4. noun. a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

   "he ducked at the screechings of shells"

   "he heard the scream of the brakes"

   Synonyms: scream, screaming, screeching, shriek, shrieking

5. verb. utter a harsh abrupt scream

   Synonyms: screak, skreak, skreigh, squawk

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

   "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"

   "My car engine makes a whining noise"

   Synonyms: creak, screak, skreak, squeak, whine

Synonyms

scream, screaming, screeching, shriek, shrieking, screak, skreak, skreigh, squawk, creak, squeak, whine

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in screech:

creches

Common word forms

screeched, screecher, screeches, screeching

Words from these letters

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