SHRIKES
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Definitions for shrikes
Shrike
Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher.
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SHRIKES is valid in Scrabble and most word games!
Scrabble Point Values
Total possible words using these letters:
2 Letter Words
- EH - 5 points
- ER - 2 points
- ES - 2 points
- HE - 5 points
- HI - 5 points
- ...and 5 more
3 Letter Words
- ERS - 3 points
- ESS - 3 points
- HER - 6 points
- HES - 6 points
- HIE - 6 points
- ...and 15 more
4 Letter Words
- HEIR - 7 points
- HERS - 7 points
- HIES - 7 points
- HIKE - 11 points
- HIRE - 7 points
- ...and 22 more
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