GRIOT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GRIOT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRIOT?
| 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 GRIOT is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRIOT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
griotsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GRIOT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GRIOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What does GRIOT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A West African storyteller, historian, praise-singer, and musician who preserves and passes on a community's oral history and genealogy.
A griot traditionally belongs to a hereditary line of oral historians found among peoples such as the Mandinka and Wolof of West Africa, and the role is passed down within specific families from one generation to the next. Trained from childhood, a griot memorizes genealogies, epic poems, and historical events, performing them at weddings, funerals, and other important gatherings, often accompanied by instruments such as the kora. Because griots carry knowledge that was never written down, they have long served as living archives for their communities.
How GRIOT is used
Used in discussions of West African culture and oral tradition; plural is griots.
- The griot recited the king's lineage from memory.
- A young griot learns his craft by listening to his elders for years.
- Villagers gathered to hear the griot sing of ancient battles.
- The griot accompanied her chant with a stringed kora.
- Historians rely on griots to reconstruct events with no written record.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRIOT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GRIOT
The 5 tiles of GRIOT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GRIOT
1 longer words begin with GRIOT.
Shorter words from the letters in GRIOT
Common questions about GRIOT
- Is GRIOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRIOT, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRIOT worth?
- GRIOT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRIOT mean?
- A West African storyteller, historian, praise-singer, and musician who preserves and passes on a community's oral history and genealogy.
- What letters can be added to GRIOT?
- GRIOT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GRIOT:
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