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GRIPPED

7 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What GRIPPED Means

GRIPPED is a form of GRIP, which means:

  1. noun: the act of grasping“he released his clasp on my arm”
  2. noun: the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it“he grabbed the hammer by the handle”
  3. verb: hold fast or firmly“He gripped the steering wheel”
  4. verb: to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match“the two men grappled with each other for several minutes”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

GRIPPED is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 R1 I1 P3 P3 E1 D2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 63 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In GRIPPED

74 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 (6)

5 letter words (11)

4 letter words (19)

3 letter words (29)

2 letter words (9)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.