GRIG is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GRIG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRIG?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRIG is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRIG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
grigsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GRIG scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GRIG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,205.
What does GRIG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A lively person, or a young eel.
Two quite separate things answer to this name and only one of them is met today: the phrase as merry as a grig keeps the first alive, while the second belongs to fishermen. Which of the two the phrase originally meant has been argued about for two centuries without any result.
How GRIG is used
Countable: a grig, two grigs. Chiefly in the phrase as merry as a grig.
- He came back from the sea as merry as a grig.
- A grig in the net is worth nothing to anybody.
- She was a grig at eighty and a nuisance at ninety.
- The phrase carries the word grig and nothing else does.
- Nobody agrees which grig the saying meant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRIG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GRIG
The 4 tiles of GRIG in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GRIG
5 longer words begin with GRIG.
Shorter words from the letters in GRIG
Common questions about GRIG
- Is GRIG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRIG, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRIG worth?
- GRIG is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRIG mean?
- A lively person, or a young eel.
- What letters can be added to GRIG?
- GRIG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GRIG:
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