GRABBLE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GRABBLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRABBLE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRABBLE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRABBLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GRABBLE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GRABBLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,059 thousand.
What does GRABBLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialect
To grope or feel about with the hands; to sprawl on the ground.
Someone who must grabble searches by touch, as when feeling for keys under a sofa. The older sense is to lie flat on the belly or to scramble on all fours. Grabble has a clumsy, scrabbling feel to it.
How GRABBLE is used
Grabble is dialect and old-fashioned, found in regional and literary writing.
- Children grabble in the mud for coins.
- I had to grabble under the bed for the lost shoe.
- He began to grabble about in the dark.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRABBLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GRABBLE
The 7 tiles of GRABBLE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GRABBLE
4 longer words begin with GRABBLE.
Shorter words from the letters in GRABBLE
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Common questions about GRABBLE
- Is GRABBLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRABBLE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRABBLE worth?
- GRABBLE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRABBLE mean?
- To grope or feel about with the hands; to sprawl on the ground.
- What letters can be added to GRABBLE?
- GRABBLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GRABBLE:
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