GRILL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GRILL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRILL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRILL is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRILL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GRILL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GRILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 77,456.
What does GRILL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cook food by exposing it directly to a source of intense heat, typically on a framework of metal bars.
Cooks grill meat, fish, and vegetables over hot coals, a gas flame, or an electric element, giving the food a distinctive charred surface and smoky flavor. The same word names the metal appliance or framework used for this kind of cooking, and informally, to grill someone means to question that person intensively and persistently, as police might grill a suspect. The cooking sense remains the most common use of the word.
How GRILL is used
Common in cooking, as in to grill a steak; the informal sense of intense questioning is used mainly in speech and journalism.
- They decided to grill burgers in the backyard.
- He likes to grill vegetables until they are slightly charred.
- The chef grilled the salmon over an open flame.
- Reporters began to grill the politician about the scandal.
- She grilled her son about where he had been all night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRILL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GRILL
22 longer words begin with GRILL.
Words ending in GRILL
1 words end in GRILL. Useful as a back hook: play GRILL onto a word already on the board.
Words with GRILL inside
3 words contain GRILL in the middle. Words that start with GRILL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GRILL
Common questions about GRILL
- Is GRILL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRILL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRILL worth?
- GRILL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRILL mean?
- To cook food by exposing it directly to a source of intense heat, typically on a framework of metal bars.
- What letters can be added to GRILL?
- GRILL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GRILL:
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