What does GRIND mean?
- Pronunciation
- /graɪnd/
- Letters
- 5
- Scrabble score
- 7
- Words With Friends score
- 9
- How common
- Fairly common
Meaning
verb
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together“grate one's teeth in anger”
- work hard“She was digging away at her math homework”
- dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading“grind the spices in a mortar”
- created by grinding“grind designs into the glass bowl”
- shape or form by grinding“grind lenses for glasses and cameras”
noun
- an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.
Other forms
grinds8grinded10
Anagrams of GRIND
No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.
Words inside GRIND
16 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.
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Questions
Is GRIND a valid word in word games?
GRIND is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.
How many points is GRIND worth?
GRIND is worth 7 points with Scrabble letter values and 9 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.
What words can you make from GRIND?
16 other words, including IN, RING, ID and RID.