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."
Anagrams of Grit
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.