GROW is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GROW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GROW?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GROW is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GROW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GROW scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GROW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does GROW mean in Scrabble?
verb
To increase in size or develop.
Grow is Old English and its past forms change the vowel rather than adding an ending. Using it transitively, as in growing a business, was long objected to and is now standard.
How GROW is used
Irregular past tense and participle.
- They grow everything from seed and buy nothing.
- The word grow changes its vowel in the past.
- Growing a business was once considered an error.
- Two plants grown from the same packet.
- Nothing grows on that side of the wall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GROW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GROW
Showing 24 of 34 words that begin with GROW.
Words ending in GROW
6 words end in GROW. Useful as a back hook: play GROW onto a word already on the board.
Words with GROW inside
Showing 24 of 63 words that contain GROW somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GROW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GROW
Common questions about GROW
- Is GROW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GROW, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GROW worth?
- GROW is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GROW mean?
- To increase in size or develop.
- What letters can be added to GROW?
- GROW takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GROW:
Open GROW in the Word Finder