GRIDE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. GRIDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRIDE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRIDE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRIDE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GRIDE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GRIDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What stands out about GRIDE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GRIDE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literaryarchaic
To make a harsh, grating sound, especially by scraping or cutting roughly against a hard surface.
Gride belongs mostly to older and poetic English, where writers used it to describe a sharp, unpleasant scraping noise, such as metal dragging over stone or a blade cutting through something resistant. The word can also describe the piercing or cutting action itself rather than just the sound it makes. Because it is rarely used outside literary or archaic writing, modern readers meet gride chiefly in verse or in fiction that imitates older styles.
How GRIDE is used
Archaic and literary; encountered mainly in poetry and older prose rather than everyday speech.
- The old sword seemed to gride against the shield with every blow.
- A harsh sound seemed to gride through the silent hall.
- The poem describes iron blades that gride and clash in battle.
- Rusted hinges gride whenever the gate is forced open.
- The chisel would gride against the stone until it finally gave way.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRIDE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GRIDE
The 5 tiles of GRIDE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with GRIDE
4 longer words begin with GRIDE.
Words ending in GRIDE
1 words end in GRIDE. Useful as a back hook: play GRIDE onto a word already on the board.
Words with GRIDE inside
3 words contain GRIDE in the middle. Words that start with GRIDE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GRIDE
Common questions about GRIDE
- Is GRIDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRIDE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRIDE worth?
- GRIDE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRIDE mean?
- To make a harsh, grating sound, especially by scraping or cutting roughly against a hard surface.
- What letters can be added to GRIDE?
- GRIDE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GRIDE:
Open GRIDE in the Word Finder