GRIDDING is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GRIDDING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRIDDING?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRIDDING is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRIDDING
No single letter turns GRIDDING into another word.
How GRIDDING scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GRIDDING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GRIDDING has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about GRIDDING
- GRIDDING begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GRIDDING mean in Scrabble?
noun
The laying out of a surface or map as a network of evenly spaced squares so each spot can be located.
Surveyors and map makers rely on gridding to give every place a reference of letters and numbers. The same idea carries into computing, where scattered readings are arranged onto an even grid before analysis.
How GRIDDING is used
The word gridding appears mostly in mapping, surveying and data-processing contexts.
- The gridding of the field took the survey team most of a morning.
- Careful gridding of the site plan made every trench easy to locate.
- Before any contour lines were drawn, the gridding of the raw readings had to be finished.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRIDDING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GRIDDING
Common questions about GRIDDING
- Is GRIDDING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRIDDING, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRIDDING worth?
- GRIDDING is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRIDDING mean?
- The laying out of a surface or map as a network of evenly spaced squares so each spot can be located.
- What letters can be added to GRIDDING?
- No single letter can be added to GRIDDING to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GRIDDING:
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