Shrike

6 lettersnounrare

Updated June 2026

Definition

A predatory Old World songbird with a hooked bill that impales prey on thorns.

“The shrike had pinned a grasshopper to a barbed-wire fence to eat later.”

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Synonyms

butcherbird

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Wordle

Ends in IKE, the SHR opening is the challenge, try to confirm SH first

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Worth 13 points, K adds value, few players know this word, making it a great surprise play

Words Related to Shrike

Anagrams of Shrike

Words that use exactly the same letters as “shrike”.

hikers shriek

Words one letter different

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strike

Words you can make from Shrike

Shorter words formed from the letters in “shrike”.

heirs hiker hikes hires hirse keirs kiers kreis sheik shier shire shirk siker skier erik eris ersh heir hers hies hike hire ires irks

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