GRIEVOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GRIEVOUS 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 GRIEVOUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRIEVOUS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRIEVOUS
No single letter turns GRIEVOUS into another word.
How GRIEVOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GRIEVOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GRIEVOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about GRIEVOUS
- All 8 letters of GRIEVOUS are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GRIEVOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Extremely serious or severe, and causing great pain or sorrow.
Something grievous is weighty enough to demand a response, whether it is an injury, a loss or a wrong. Writers pick grievous over merely bad when they want to stress both the gravity and the hurt.
How GRIEVOUS is used
Grievous is common in legal phrases such as grievous bodily harm and in solemn, formal writing.
- The storm left a grievous toll on the coastal villages.
- He admitted to a grievous error of judgement.
- The court heard that the victim suffered grievous injuries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRIEVOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GRIEVOUS
3 longer words begin with GRIEVOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in GRIEVOUS
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Common questions about GRIEVOUS
- Is GRIEVOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRIEVOUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRIEVOUS worth?
- GRIEVOUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRIEVOUS mean?
- Extremely serious or severe, and causing great pain or sorrow.
- What letters can be added to GRIEVOUS?
- No single letter can be added to GRIEVOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GRIEVOUS:
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