GRIPMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GRIPMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRIPMAN?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRIPMAN is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRIPMAN
No single letter turns GRIPMAN into another word.
How GRIPMAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GRIPMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 457,463.
What does GRIPMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A gripman is the operator of a cable car who works the grip that holds or lets go of the moving cable.
San Francisco cable cars still depend on the gripman, whose strong hands and timing decide every start and stop. It is a physical job with no equivalent on ordinary trams.
How GRIPMAN is used
Gripman is used mainly in talk about cable cars and their history.
- The gripman pulled the lever and the car lurched forward.
- Every gripman on the hill line had to learn the cable by feel.
- A tourist asked the gripman how he stopped the car on a steep slope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRIPMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GRIPMAN
The 7 tiles of GRIPMAN in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in GRIPMAN
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Common questions about GRIPMAN
- Is GRIPMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRIPMAN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRIPMAN worth?
- GRIPMAN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRIPMAN mean?
- A gripman is the operator of a cable car who works the grip that holds or lets go of the moving cable.
- What letters can be added to GRIPMAN?
- No single letter can be added to GRIPMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GRIPMAN:
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