GRAMP is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GRAMP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRAMP?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRAMP is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRAMP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GRAMP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GRAMP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does GRAMP mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalchildish
An informal, affectionate word for one's grandfather, most often used by young children.
Gramp works as a shortened, familiar version of grandfather or grandpa, and families often settle on whichever variant a young child happens to say first. The word carries no formality at all, so it appears mainly in direct address or in casual family conversation rather than in writing about a person in the third person.
How GRAMP is used
Spoken and affectionate, chiefly used within families rather than in formal writing.
- The little girl ran to hug her gramp at the door.
- Gramp always kept peppermints in his coat pocket.
- She calls her mother's father gramp and her father's father grandpa.
- Every summer the whole family visited gramp's farm.
- Gramp taught the kids how to fish off the old dock.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRAMP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GRAMP
7 longer words begin with GRAMP.
Shorter words from the letters in GRAMP
Common questions about GRAMP
- Is GRAMP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRAMP, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRAMP worth?
- GRAMP is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRAMP mean?
- An informal, affectionate word for one's grandfather, most often used by young children.
- What letters can be added to GRAMP?
- GRAMP takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GRAMP:
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