Definitions for inrush

inrush in·rush

Spelling: [in-ruhsh]
IPA: /ˈɪnˌrʌʃ/

Inrush is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 76 anagrams from letters in inrush (hinrsu).

Definitions for inrush

noun

  1. a rushing or pouring in.

Origin of inrush

First recorded in 1810-20; in-1 + rush1

Examples for inrush

He choked back the inrush of memories and brushed away a tear.

As he spoke there was a terrifying crash of glass and an inrush of water.

This action, which is quite likely, must have resulted from the inrush of water on the port side.

Then I feel, at first only faintly, something like an inrush of electric fluid.

At the shoulder of the point the wind met them, and the inrush of the ocean.

But the inrush of violent horror is only tolerated for a moment.

The door opened with an inrush of wind which caused his lamp to flicker.

This tradition had been interrupted by the inrush of the wild libertarianism of the desert.

There was an inrush from the street, and then two pistol shots sounded.

Each snipping off is of course followed by an inrush of air.

Word Value for inrush
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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