GRUE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. GRUE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRUE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRUE is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRUE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GRUE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GRUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does GRUE mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialectScots
To shudder or shiver, especially from cold, fear, or horror.
A person who grues feels a sudden shiver of dread or a nervous chill running through the body, as if the flesh itself were creeping. The word survives mainly in Scots speech and older literary writing, where it names a sensation close to the ordinary word shudder but tied more closely to cold or eerie feelings.
How GRUE is used
Dialect and literary; used for a shiver of cold or dread rather than everyday nervousness.
- A cold wind made him grue as he stood on the moor.
- She felt herself grue at the sound of the old tale.
- The character is said to grue whenever the ghost draws near.
- He could not help but grue at the sight of the empty grave.
- The chill in the room made everyone grue without a word.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRUE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GRUE
The 4 tiles of GRUE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GRUE
23 longer words begin with GRUE.
Words ending in GRUE
1 words end in GRUE. Useful as a back hook: play GRUE onto a word already on the board.
Words with GRUE inside
13 words contain GRUE in the middle. Words that start with GRUE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GRUE
Common questions about GRUE
- Is GRUE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRUE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRUE worth?
- GRUE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRUE mean?
- To shudder or shiver, especially from cold, fear, or horror.
- What letters can be added to GRUE?
- GRUE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GRUE:
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