GRITH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GRITH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRITH?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRITH is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRITH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
grithsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GRITH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GRITH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,728.
What stands out about GRITH
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 GRITH mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalarchaic
A guarantee of peace, protection, or safety, especially one granted by a church or ruler in earlier times.
Grith was a legal and social concept in early medieval England and Scotland, describing a formally granted period of safety during which violence against a protected person or place was forbidden. Churches, royal courts, and certain roads or market days could all carry grith, meaning anyone who broke that peace faced serious punishment. The word survives now only in historical writing about early English and Scots law.
How GRITH is used
Historical and archaic; used almost exclusively when discussing early English or Scots legal custom.
- The abbey claimed grith for anyone who sought refuge within its walls.
- Breaking the king's grith carried a heavy fine.
- Historians describe how grith protected travelers on certain roads.
- The market enjoyed grith on fair days, keeping trade peaceful.
- Under grith, even a criminal could not be seized inside the church.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRITH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GRITH
The 5 tiles of GRITH in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GRITH
1 longer words begin with GRITH.
Shorter words from the letters in GRITH
Common questions about GRITH
- Is GRITH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRITH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRITH worth?
- GRITH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRITH mean?
- A guarantee of peace, protection, or safety, especially one granted by a church or ruler in earlier times.
- What letters can be added to GRITH?
- GRITH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GRITH:
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