Is GRIEF valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRIEF, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is GRIEF worth?

GRIEF is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to GRIEF?

GRIEF takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

GRIEF is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points

Yes. GRIEF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.

g2r1i1e1f4

PlayableGRIEF · 5 letters · 9 pts Scrabble · 10 pts WWF

9points in Scrabble

10points in Words with Friends

5letters

1hook available

1 in 19,364odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept GRIEF?

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: 35 / 100

35WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.8

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

6.4%

Our own measure of how useful GRIEF is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for GRIEF

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

griefs10

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How GRIEF scores

Scrabble g2r1i1e1f4 9

Words with Friends g3r1i1e1f4 10

Face value of the 5 tiles in GRIEF, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
g	1	3
r	1	6
i	1	9
e	1	12
f	1	2

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.

What does GRIEF mean in Scrabble?

noun

Deep sorrow, especially the intense sadness caused by the death of someone loved.

Grief is the emotional response to loss, and it can involve waves of sadness, anger, numbness, or disbelief that come and go over time rather than following a fixed pattern. The word is also used more loosely for any serious trouble or annoyance, as in the phrase give someone grief. Counselors and writers alike treat grief as a process rather than a single feeling.

How GRIEF is used

Standard noun, mostly uncountable; the phrase come to grief means to end badly or suffer misfortune.

She was overwhelmed with grief after the funeral.
His grief slowly turned into quiet acceptance.
The whole town shared in the family's grief.
Stop giving me grief about being late.
Years later, the grief still surfaced on his birthday.

Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRIEF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.

Words starting with GRIEF

griefs10 griefer11 griefers12 griefful15 griefless13

5 longer words begin with GRIEF.

Shorter words from the letters in GRIEF

frig8 fier7 fire7 refi7 reif7 rife7 feg7 fig7 gif7 erf6 fer6 fie6 fir6 ref6 rif6 erg4 ger4 gie4 reg4 rig4 ire3 rei3 ef5 fe5 fi5 if5 gi3 er2 re2

Common questions about GRIEF

Is GRIEF valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRIEF, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is GRIEF worth?: GRIEF is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
What does GRIEF mean?: Deep sorrow, especially the intense sadness caused by the death of someone loved.
What letters can be added to GRIEF?: GRIEF takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GRIEF:

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