Definitions for thriller

thriller thrill·er

Spelling: [thril-er]
IPA: /ˈθrɪl ər/

Thriller is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in thriller (ehillrrt).

Definitions for thriller

noun

  1. a person or thing that thrills.
  2. an exciting, suspenseful play or story, especially a mystery story.

Origin of thriller

1885-90; 1920-25 for def 2; thrill + -er1

Examples for thriller

This is the weird, fantastic “thriller” from which sprang the Protocols.

If she only could write scenarios, what a thriller this would make!

“But a thriller,” Ace assured them, as Norris lighted his pipe on the lee of a bowlder.

What prompted you to pick the fall of the Berlin Wall as the backdrop for your thriller?

He believed American audiences were ready for a thriller set in Africa.

This was a thriller that appealed to the familiar in him,—the impishness that died hard.

How like a "thriller" it was to be rushing toward such a gripping scene!

thriller author Patrick Oster was a reporter in Berlin when the wall came down 25 years ago.

With thriller, we took 800 songs and whittled them down to nine.

His detective novels contain none of the twists that strain credulity so often relied upon by thriller novelists.

Word Value for thriller
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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