s 1 h 4 r 1 i 1 v 4 e 1 l 1
7 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb wither, as with a loss of moisture
verb decrease in size, range, or extent
originFirst recorded as shriveled (“shrivelled”), probably of North Germanic origin related to dialectal Swedish skryvla (“to wrinkle, shrivel”); perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną (“to shrivel, shrink”) or *skrimpaną (“to shrink”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- elvish 12
- shiver 12
- shrive 12
- hiver 11
- hives 11
- shive 11
- hive 10
- shiv 10
- ervils 9
- hirsel 9
- hirsle 9
- livers 9