GRYKE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. GRYKE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 13 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept GRYKE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRYKE is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRYKE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
grykesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GRYKE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GRYKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does GRYKE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A narrow fissure separating blocks in a limestone pavement.
A gryke opens where rainwater has slowly dissolved the joints in a flat sheet of limestone, leaving upright blocks called clints standing between the cracks. The word is used mainly by geographers and hillwalkers describing the karst scenery of northern England and similar landscapes elsewhere. Grike is the more usual spelling in some sources, but gryke appears throughout guidebooks and scientific descriptions of limestone pavements.
How GRYKE is used
Technical, used in geography and geology when describing limestone pavement; grike is an equally common spelling.
- A gryke split the flat rock exactly where he planned to step.
- The botanist found ferns growing deep inside a shaded gryke.
- Guidebooks warn walkers to watch for every gryke on the pavement.
- Rainwater trickles into a gryke long before it reaches the soil below.
- Between two clints ran a gryke wide enough to swallow a boot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRYKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GRYKE
1 longer words begin with GRYKE.
Shorter words from the letters in GRYKE
Common questions about GRYKE
- Is GRYKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRYKE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRYKE worth?
- GRYKE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRYKE mean?
- A narrow fissure separating blocks in a limestone pavement.
- What letters can be added to GRYKE?
- GRYKE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GRYKE:
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