GRUEL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GRUEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRUEL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRUEL is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRUEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gruelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GRUEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GRUEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about GRUEL
- 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 GRUEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A thin, watery porridge made by boiling oatmeal or other cereal meal in water or milk.
Gruel was historically a cheap, easily digested food given to the poor, the sick, and children, and it appears often in older literature as a symbol of hardship, most famously in the workhouse scenes of Oliver Twist. Because it contains mostly water and little solid grain, gruel is much thinner and less filling than a standard porridge. Today the word is used mainly with a slightly negative or old-fashioned connotation, describing food seen as meager or unappetizing.
How GRUEL is used
Often used with a negative connotation to suggest meager or unappetizing food, especially in historical or literary contexts.
- The orphans were fed thin gruel twice a day.
- She stirred the pot of gruel over the fire.
- The sick man could manage only a bowl of gruel.
- Prisoners in the old story survived on watery gruel.
- He complained that the hospital meal was little more than gruel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRUEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GRUEL
The 5 tiles of GRUEL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GRUEL
13 longer words begin with GRUEL.
Shorter words from the letters in GRUEL
Common questions about GRUEL
- Is GRUEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRUEL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRUEL worth?
- GRUEL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRUEL mean?
- A thin, watery porridge made by boiling oatmeal or other cereal meal in water or milk.
- What letters can be added to GRUEL?
- GRUEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GRUEL:
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