What does GROOVE mean?

Pronunciation
/gruv/
Letters
6
Scrabble score
10
Words With Friends score
12
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

noun

  1. a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
  2. a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape“they fell into a conversational rut”
  3. (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part

verb

  1. make a groove in, or provide with a groove“groove a vinyl record”
  2. hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove“furrow soil”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

grooves11

Anagrams of GROOVE

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside GROOVE

22 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

grove9 ergo5goer5gore5 ogre5over7 rove7ego4 erg4goo4gor4ore3 reg4rev6 roe3veg7voe6er2go3 oe2or2re2

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Questions

Is GROOVE a valid word in word games?

GROOVE 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 GROOVE worth?

GROOVE is worth 10 points with Scrabble letter values and 12 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from GROOVE?

22 other words, including OR, OVER, GO and RE.