GRISTLINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GRISTLINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRISTLINESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRISTLINESS is to know. It scores 12 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRISTLINESS
No single letter turns GRISTLINESS into another word.
How GRISTLINESS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in GRISTLINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GRISTLINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GRISTLINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being tough and chewy like cartilage.
Gristliness is mostly a complaint about meat that is hard to chew. Cooks sometimes cut away the gristly parts or cook them slowly to soften them.
How GRISTLINESS is used
Gristliness is used in cooking and food reviews about tough, chewy meat.
- The gristliness of the cheap steak spoiled the meal.
- Slow cooking reduced the gristliness of the cut.
- Diners sent the dish back because of its gristliness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRISTLINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GRISTLINESS
1 longer words begin with GRISTLINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in GRISTLINESS
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Common questions about GRISTLINESS
- Is GRISTLINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRISTLINESS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRISTLINESS worth?
- GRISTLINESS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRISTLINESS mean?
- The quality of being tough and chewy like cartilage.
- What letters can be added to GRISTLINESS?
- No single letter can be added to GRISTLINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of GRISTLINESS:
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