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GRUNT

5 letters, 6 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What GRUNT Means

  1. noun: the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
  2. noun: an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker“infantrymen in Vietnam were called ‘grunts’”
  3. verb: issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise“He grunted his reluctant approval”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

GRUNT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 R1 U1 N1 T1.

Words Made From The Letters In GRUNT

24 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 (6)

3 letter words (12)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing GRUNT

GRUNT appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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