What GRAPPLE Means
- noun: a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
- noun: a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
- verb: succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available“We got by on just a gallon of gas”
- verb: to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match“the two men grappled with each other for several minutes”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
GRAPPLE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 R1 A1 P3 P3 L1 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In GRAPPLE
105 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (4)
5 letter words (21)
APPELAPPLEARGLEGAPERGLAREGRAPELAGERLARGELEPRAPAGERPAGLEPALERPAPERPARGEPARLEPEARLPEPLAPLAGERAPPEREGALREPLA
4 letter words (35)
AGERAPERAREGARLEEARLEGALGALEGAPEGAREGEALGEARLAERLARELEAPLEARLERPPAGEPALEPALPPAPEPAREPARPPEAGPEALPEARPELAPERPPLAPPLEAPREPRAGERALEREALREAPREPP
3 letter words (34)
AGEALEALPAPEAPPAREEARERAERGGAEGALGAPGARGELGERLAGLAPLARLEALEGLEPPALPAPPARPEAPEGPELPEPPERPRERAGRAPREGREP
2 letter words (11)
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