GRUGRU is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GRUGRU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRUGRU?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRUGRU is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRUGRU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
grugrusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GRUGRU scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GRUGRU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,415 thousand.
What does GRUGRU mean in Scrabble?
noun
Caribbeanbotany
A spiny-trunked tropical palm tree found in the Caribbean and South America, or the fat, edible grub that lives inside its trunk.
The grugru palm grows a swollen, thorn-covered trunk and is best known outside botany for the grugru worm, the palm weevil larva that bores into it and has long been eaten as a delicacy in parts of the West Indies. Both the tree and the grub carry the same name, so which sense is meant depends on context. The word entered English from a Carib source and stayed largely regional, which is why it shows up rarely outside Caribbean cookery and plant lists.
How GRUGRU is used
Regional and specialist; met mainly in Caribbean cookery writing and descriptions of tropical palms, rarely in everyday speech.
- The grugru grew tall along the riverbank, its trunk ringed with dark spines.
- She fried the grugru with salt and pepper, a snack sold at the roadside stall.
- Botanists list the grugru among the spiniest of the American feather palms.
- He split open the fallen trunk looking for grugru to sell at market.
- Old plantation records mention the grugru both as timber and as food.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRUGRU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GRUGRU
1 longer words begin with GRUGRU.
Shorter words from the letters in GRUGRU
Common questions about GRUGRU
- Is GRUGRU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRUGRU, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRUGRU worth?
- GRUGRU is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRUGRU mean?
- A spiny-trunked tropical palm tree found in the Caribbean and South America, or the fat, edible grub that lives inside its trunk.
- What letters can be added to GRUGRU?
- GRUGRU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GRUGRU:
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