sprat

sprat is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A small European herring (Clupea sprattus) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; -- called also garvie. The name is also applied to small herring of different kinds. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 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 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A small European herring (Clupea sprattus) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; -- called also garvie. The name is also applied to small herring of different kinds.
2. noun. A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); -- called also alfione, and perch.
3. noun. small herring processed like a sardine

   Synonyms: brisling

4. noun. small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines

   Synonyms: brisling

Synonyms

brisling

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sprat:

parts, prats, spart, strap, tarps, traps

Common word forms

sprats, spratted, spratter, spratting

Words from these letters

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