GROUNDS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GROUNDS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GROUNDS?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GROUNDS is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GROUNDS
No single letter turns GROUNDS into another word.
How GROUNDS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GROUNDS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 289,489.
What does GROUNDS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The reasons for a belief or action; also the land around a building, or the dregs left after brewing coffee.
Grounds is usually plural and carries three everyday senses that are easy to tell apart by context. A court asks for grounds, a school has grounds to maintain, and a kitchen has coffee grounds to throw out.
How GROUNDS is used
Grounds appears in legal argument, descriptions of estates, and talk of coffee.
- She had good grounds for complaint.
- The school grounds were open to visitors on Sundays.
- Spread the coffee grounds around the roses.
- On what grounds did the judge refuse the appeal?
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GROUNDS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GROUNDS
20 longer words begin with GROUNDS.
Shorter words from the letters in GROUNDS
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Common questions about GROUNDS
- Is GROUNDS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GROUNDS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GROUNDS worth?
- GROUNDS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GROUNDS mean?
- The reasons for a belief or action; also the land around a building, or the dregs left after brewing coffee.
- What letters can be added to GROUNDS?
- No single letter can be added to GROUNDS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GROUNDS:
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