6-letter words containing s, i, r
- grilse — a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- grimes — dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- grinds — (Ireland, colloquial, plurale tantum) tutoring; extra lessons in a specific subject outside of school hours. Grinds are often given by private individuals or firms, and might not be provided by the school.
- griots — Plural form of griot.
- gripes — Plural form of gripe.
- grisly — gristly.
- grison — a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- groins — Plural form of groin.
- guiros — Plural form of guiro.
- guiser — A person in disguise.
- harish — Like a hare.
- harris — Benjamin, c1660–c1720, English journalist who published the first newspaper in America 1690.
- heires — Plural form of heire.
- hi-res — high-resolution (def 2).
- hiders — Plural form of hider.
- hijras — Plural form of hijra.
- hikers — Plural form of hiker.
- hirees — to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk.
- hirers — Plural form of hirer.
- hirsch — John Stephen, 1930–1989, Canadian stage director, born in Hungary.
- hirsel — (Scotland, Northern English) The entire stock on a farm or stock under the charge of a shepherd.
- hirsle — to wriggle or fidget while seated
- hisser — One who hisses.
- horsie — (childish) horse.
- hosier — a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- houris — one of the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for all faithful Muslims.
- hubris — excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
- hybris — hubris.
- iberis — (botany) Any plant of the genus Iberis; a candytuft.
- icarus — Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- idlers — Plural form of idler.
- ikaros — Icarus.
- imbros — a Turkish island in the NE Aegean Sea, west of the Gallipoli Peninsula: occupied by Greece (1912–14) and Britain (1914–23). Area: 280 sq km (108 sq miles)
- impros — Plural form of impro.
- incurs — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
- indris — a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- infers — Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.
- ingres — Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- inkers — Plural form of inker.
- inners — Plural form of inner.
- inrush — a rushing or pouring in.
- insert — to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock.
- instar — an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- insure — to guarantee against loss or harm.
- inters — to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intros — Plural form of intro.
- inures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inure.
- inurns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inurn.
- irades — Plural form of irade.
- irides — a plural of iris.