5 letter words starting with shr

Looking for a clue for todays Wordle or another Word game? Look no further! We got you covered. We got a few plausible five letter words starting with shr.

  • SHRED
  • SHREW
  • SHRIS
  • SHROW
  • SHRUB
  • SHRUG

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:

Definition of shred

shred (noun)

  1. A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
  2. In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle; a very small amount.

shred (verb)

  1. To cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.
  2. To reduce by a large percentage.
  3. To lop; to prune; to trim.
  4. To ride aggressively.
  5. To drop fat and water weight before a competition.
  6. To play very fast (especially guitar solos in rock and metal genres).

Definition of shrew

shrew (noun)

  1. Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae (order Soricomorpha).
  2. Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews (order Soricomorpha).
  3. An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.

shrew (verb)

  1. To beshrew; to curse.


Definition of shrub

shrub (noun)

  1. A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.

shrub (verb)

  1. To lop; to prune.
  2. (Kenyan English) To mispronounce a word by replacing its consonant sound(s) with another or others of a similar place of articulation.

shrub (noun)

  1. A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur.

Definition of shrug

shrug (noun)

  1. A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of knowledge.
  2. A cropped, cardigan-like garment with short or long sleeves, typically knitted.

shrug (verb)

  1. To raise (the shoulders) to express uncertainty, lack of concern, (formerly) dread, etc.