Definitions for scurry

scurry scur·ry

Spelling: [skur-ee, skuhr-ee]
IPA: /ˈskɜr i, ˈskʌr i/

Scurry is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in scurry (crrsuy).

Definitions for scurry

noun

  1. a scurrying rush:
  2. a short run or race.

verb (used with object)

  1. to send hurrying along.

verb (used without object)

  1. to go or move quickly or in haste.

Origin of scurry

First recorded in 1800-10; extracted from hurry-scurry

Examples for scurry

I feel like I am in a John Le Carré novel and scurry into the tavern in hopes of avoiding an “international incident.”

Then out of the scurry and whirl, the old terrier was observed to get on top.

In the hurry and scurry that ensued, Sandy escaped sadly to the square.

He left the woodchucks to scurry about the pasture as they pleased.

The voice shouted again and was answered by a scurry of horses' feet.

As he rose to go, he saw a small dark object 27 scurry over the snow.

The answer is not to browbeat the parties to scurry to the negotiating table.

They did not dash and rush and scurry through their lives in those days, as we do in these.

We had to scurry out in a hurry to avoid being penned there.

The dancing and the scurry of pattering feet had both ceased.

Word Value for scurry
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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