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Is shrink a Scrabble word?

Yes, shrink is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 13 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of shrink?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To cause to become smaller.Examples: "The dryer shrank my sweater."; "The bottom line is this: To shrink your gut, you need to start listening to it."transitive

2. (intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.Examples: "This garment will shrink when wet."; "I have not found that water, by mixture of ashes, will shrink or draw into less room."; "And shrink like parchment in consuming fire."intransitive

3. (intransitive) To cower or flinch.Examples: "Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip."intransitive

4. (transitive) To draw back; to withdraw.Examples: "The Libyc Hammon ſhrinks his horn,"Synonyms: funk, shirktransitive

5. (intransitive, figuratively) To withdraw or retire, as from danger.Examples: "What happier natures shrink at with affright, / The hard inhabitant contends is right."; "They assisted us against the Thebans when you shrank from the task."; "The other patients in the ward, all but the Texan, shrank from him with a tenderhearted aversion from the moment they set eyes on him the morning after the night he had been sneaked in."Synonyms: shrink back, retreat, flinchfigurativelyintransitive

6. (intransitive) To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.intransitive

noun (English)

1. (slang, sometimes derogatory) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.Examples: "You need to see a shrink, you crazy fool."; "My shrink said that he was an enabler, bad for me."; "I went to a shrink to analyze my dreams / She says it's lack of sex that's bringing me down"Synonyms: head-shrinker, shrinkerderogatoryslangsometimes

2. (uncountable, business) Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date.Examples: "Assuming the retailer's shrink is average or below, and the owner is comfortable with the level of shrink, perhaps nothing more need be done except to maintain vigilance and to monitor the shrink for signs of emerging problems."uncountable

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "shrink"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "shrink"?

Scrabble
13 points
S1
H4
R1
I1
N1
K5
Words With Friends
13 points
S1
H3
R1
I1
N2
K5

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