What GRINS Means
GRINS is a form of GRIN, which means:
- noun: a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
- verb: to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
GRINS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 R1 I1 N1 S1.
Anagrams of GRINS (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In GRINS
25 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.
4 letter words (11)
3 letter words (10)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing GRINS
GRINS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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