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 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.