Grit

/ˈɡɹɪt/

Scrabble:5 ptsWWF:6 pts4 letters

Definition of Grit

noun

A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
"The flower beds were white with grit from sand blasting the flagstone walkways."
Inedible particles in food.
"These cookies seem to have grit from nutshells in them."
A measure of the relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper, the smaller the number the coarser the abrasive.
"I need a sheet of 100 grit sandpaper."
A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.
Strength of mind; great courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
"That kid with the cast on his arm has the grit to play dodgeball."

verb

Apparently only in grit one's teeth: to clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger.
"He has a sleeping disorder and grits his teeth."
To cover with grit.
To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.

Anagrams of Grit

2 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "grit":

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "grit" and rearranging:

+hgirth grith right

+sgirts grist grits trigs

Related Word Patterns

GR...Words starting with "gr"...ITWords ending with "it"All 4-letter words Unscramble "grit"

Letter Values

g2

r1

i1

t1

Total: 5 Scrabble points

Word Tools

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Rhymes With Grit

accredit acquit adhibit adit admit adroit affidavit afrit ait akvavit albeit alit

Related 4-Letter Words

gabs gaby gadi gads gaed gaen gaes gaff gaga gage gags gain gait gala gale

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid

TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid

Words With Friends: Valid

Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Grit"

Grit is a 4-letter word that scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "grit" can be rearranged to form 2 other valid words.

Using "Grit" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "grit" is a low-scoring word.