shriek

Plural: shrieks

Noun

sharp piercing cry
a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
An exclamation mark.

Verb

Verb Forms: shrieked, shrieking, shrieks

To utter a high-pitched, piercing cry or sound.
utter a shrill cry
To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.
To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.

Examples

She wanted to SHRIEK with joy when she realized she could play ’QUARTZ’ for 100 points.

Origin / Etymology

From obsolete shrick (1567), shreke, variants of earlier screak, skricke (before 1500), from Middle English scrycke, from a North Germanic/Scandinavian language (compare Swedish skrika, Danish skrige, Icelandic skríkja), from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną, *skrik- (compare English screech). More at screech.

Synonyms

pipe, pipe up, scream, screaming, screech, screeching, shrieking, shrill

Scrabble Score: 13

shriek: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
shriek: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shriek: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

shriek: valid Words With Friends Word