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GRIT

4 letters, 5 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What GRIT Means

  1. noun: a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
  2. noun: fortitude and determination“he didn't have the guts to try it”
  3. verb: cover with a grit“grit roads”
  4. verb: clench together“grit one's teeth”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

GRIT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 R1 I1 T1.

Anagrams of GRIT (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In GRIT

7 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.

3 letter words (4)

2 letter words (3)

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