Definition of shipwreck

"shipwreck" in the noun sense

1. shipwreck

a wrecked ship (or a part of one)

2. shipwreck

an irretrievable loss

"that was the shipwreck of their romance"

3. shipwreck, wreck

an accident that destroys a ship at sea

"shipwreck" in the verb sense

1. shipwreck

ruin utterly

"You have shipwrecked my career"

2. shipwreck

suffer failure, as in some enterprise

3. shipwreck

cause to experience shipwreck

"They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"

4. shipwreck

destroy a ship

"The vessel was shipwrecked"

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Quotations for shipwreck

To make shipwreck in port. [ Quinct ]

The death of youth is a shipwreck. [ Proverb ]

A plank in a shipwreck; a last shift.

Slander is a shipwreck by a dry tempest. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

He complains wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwreck. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

They complain wrongfully of Neptune, that twice suffered shipwreck. [ Proverb ]

Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign. [ Napoleon I ]

Life often seems but a long shipwreck, of which the debris are friendship, glory, and love: the shores of our existence are strewn with them. [ Mme. de Stael ]

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck. [ Colton ]

shipwreck in Scrabble®

The word shipwreck is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 23

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters shipwreck:

SHIPWRECK
(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (7 words)

ciphers, peckish, pickers, spheric, whisker, whisper, wickers

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word shipwreck

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In shipwreck

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shipwreck in Words With Friends™

The word shipwreck is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 24

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters shipwreck:

SHIPWRECK
(306)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (7 words)

ciphers, peckish, pickers, spheric, whisker, whisper, wickers

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word shipwreck

SHIPWRECK
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In shipwreck

SHIPWRECK
(306)
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(192)
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Words containing the sequence shipwreck

Words that start with shipwreck (4 words)

Words with shipwreck in them (1 word)

Words that end with shipwreck (1 word)

Word Growth involving shipwreck

Shorter words in shipwreck

hi hip ship

re wreck

Longer words containing shipwreck

shipwrecked

shipwrecking

shipwrecks