GRIST is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GRIST 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 GRIST?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRIST is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gristsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GRIST scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GRIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What stands out about GRIST
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GRIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
Grain that has been set aside to be ground into meal or flour, or more broadly, material treated as useful raw input for some process.
In its original sense, grist referred to the batch of grain a farmer brought to the mill to have ground, and a miller was paid for turning that grist into flour. The word survives today mainly in the fixed phrase grist for the mill, or grist to the mill, which describes any experience, information, or difficulty that can be put to profitable use. A scandal, for instance, can become grist for a journalist's next story.
How GRIST is used
Mostly encountered today in the set phrase grist for the mill rather than as a standalone word for grain.
- Farmers once hauled sacks of grist to the village mill.
- Every setback became grist for her determination to succeed.
- The old miller ground grist into flour before dawn each day.
- Gossip provided endless grist for the tabloid press.
- He treated every failure as grist for future success.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRIST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GRIST
The 5 tiles of GRIST in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with GRIST
12 longer words begin with GRIST.
Words with GRIST inside
2 words contain GRIST in the middle. Words that start with GRIST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GRIST
Common questions about GRIST
- Is GRIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRIST, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRIST worth?
- GRIST is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRIST mean?
- Grain that has been set aside to be ground into meal or flour, or more broadly, material treated as useful raw input for some process.
- What letters can be added to GRIST?
- GRIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GRIST:
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