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GRIM
UK Scrabble dictionary
Yes, GRIM is valid in this UK Scrabble word list.
Checked against SOWPODS / CSW24 (UK & International Scrabble). Dictionary reference and checking method
Other installed word lists
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US): Found. Membership in this installed list; separate from the UK verdict.
- ENABLE word list: Found. Membership does not certify current Words With Friends acceptance.
Letter values for GRIM
Printed tile values only. Blanks, board premiums and other words formed affect the turn’s score.
- Vowels
- 1
- Consonants
- 3
Blanks, bonuses and tile limits
Blanks score 0. Premium squares apply to newly placed tiles, and other words formed also count. The configured 50-point bonus requires playing all seven rack tiles in one turn.
Words can use existing board letters; word length alone does not earn the bonus. This reference does not check your rack or board. Longer words or repeated letters may need board letters or blanks.
Meaning of GRIM
Adjective
- shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
- causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
- filled with melancholy and despondency; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
- not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"
- harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie
- harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"
Source: Princeton WordNet. About these meanings
About GRIM in Scrabble
Yes, GRIM is valid for UK Scrabble according to SOWPODS / CSW24 (UK & International Scrabble). Its base tile value is 7 points.
Different letters left over
From the letters in GRIM, MIG leaves one R unused (6 base points); MIR and RIM each leave one G unused (5 base points each).
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Dictionary reference and how we check GRIM
UK validity uses SOWPODS / CSW24 (UK & International Scrabble). Meanings are separately attributed and do not determine Scrabble acceptance.
How we check words, scores and meanings
The checker accepts 2–32 A–Z letters. A word on a standard Scrabble board can span at most 15 squares. Accepting a spelling for lookup does not make it playable.
UK word-list check
We match the complete spelling, ignoring letter case, against the configured UK dictionary. A definition or a similar spelling does not make a word valid.
This result uses SOWPODS / CSW24 (UK & International Scrabble).
Meaning sources
Definitions are separate from Scrabble membership. WordNet supplies general English senses for the exact spelling; these can describe several uses, including names or a game. They do not identify which sense a Scrabble list accepts. Definitions are shown where available; a missing meaning does not change the word-list result.
Lexical source: Princeton WordNet. Available meanings are displayed above, grouped by part of speech.
Scores and related words
Letter totals use standard Scrabble tile values, without board premiums or a rack bonus. Related words come from the same UK list. Hooks add one letter to a valid base; exact anagrams use all its letters; shorter rack words use only the letters supplied. Starting and ending matches are spelling relationships, not proof that a fragment is playable.
Spelling alternatives are checked against that same list before ranking. The order favours the same length and initial letter, then the availability of a general meaning to help compare entries, an unchanged ending and the shared beginning. Alphabetical order breaks remaining ties. Tile points do not determine this order; it is not a measure of frequency or a prediction of your intended word.
Other installed word-list checks are available beside the main answer. These memberships do not change the UK verdict or certify another game’s current rules.