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GRIZZLY

7 letters, 29 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What GRIZZLY Means

  1. noun: powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
  2. adjective: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair“whose beard with age is hoar”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

GRIZZLY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 29 in Scrabble and 30 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 R1 I1 Z10 Z10 L1 Y4.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 79 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In GRIZZLY

11 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.

5 letter words (1)

4 letter words (3)

3 letter words (5)

2 letter words (2)

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