spree

Plural: sprees

Noun

A burst of unrestrained indulgence in an activity.
a brief indulgence of your impulses
Uninhibited activity.
A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic.

Verb

engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping
To engage in a spree.

Examples

After drawing all vowels, he embarked on a shopping spree for new words.
spending spree

Origin / Etymology

Unknown. According to Douglas Harper’s Online Etymological Dictionary, “a word of uncertain origin. Perhaps [Barnhart] an alteration of French esprit (“lively wit”) (see esprit). According to Klein, Irish spré seems to be a loan-word from Old Norse sprakr. Watkins proposes a possible origin as an alteration of Scots spreath (“cattle raid”), from Gaelic sprédh, spré (“cattle; wealth”), from Middle Irish preit, preid (“booty”), ultimately from Latin praeda (“plunder, booty”)”.

Synonyms

fling, carousal, carouse

Scrabble Score: 7

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

Words With Friends Score: 8

spree: valid Words With Friends Word