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Is grieve a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word grieve is a Scrabble US word. The word grieve is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is grieve a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word grieve is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

G2R1I1E1V4E1

Is grieve a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word grieve is a Words With Friends word. The word grieve is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3R1I1E1V5E1

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6-letter words (3 found)

GRIEVE,REGIVE,VEGIER,

5-letter words (9 found)

GIVER,GREVE,REGIE,REIVE,REVIE,RIEVE,VEGIE,VERGE,VIRGE,

4-letter words (10 found)

EGER,EREV,EVER,GERE,GIVE,GREE,RIVE,VEER,VIER,VIRE,

3-letter words (16 found)

ERE,ERG,EVE,GEE,GER,GIE,IRE,REE,REG,REI,REV,RIG,VEE,VEG,VIE,VIG,

2-letter words (4 found)

EE,ER,GI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 43 words from grieve according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of grieve

grieve

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ɡɹiːv/
  • Rhymes: -iːv

Etymology 1

From Middle English greven, from Old French grever (“to burden”), from Latin gravō, gravāre, from adjective gravis (“grave”).

Verb

grieve (third-person singular simple present grieves, present participle grieving, simple past and past participle grieved)

  2. (transitive) To cause sorrow or distress to.
  3. (transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
  4. (intransitive) To experience grief.
  5. (transitive, archaic) To harm.
  6. (transitive) To submit or file a grievance (about).
    • 2009, D'Amico, Rob (editor), Texas Teacher, published by Texas AFT (affiliate of American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO); "Austin classified employees gain due process rights", April 2009, p14:
      Even if the executive director rules against the employee on appeal, the employee can still grieve the termination to the superintendent followed by an appeal to the [...] Board of Trustees.
Derived terms
  • begrieve
  • grieved
  • griever
  • grievor
  • grievingly
  • un-grieve
Related terms
  • grief
  • grievance
  • grievous
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English greve, greyve, grave, grafe, from Old Norse greifi, from Middle Low German grēve, grâve, related to Old English grœfa, groefa, variants of Old English ġerēfa (“steward, reeve”). More at reeve.

Noun

grieve (plural grieves)

  1. (obsolete) A governor of a town or province.
  2. (chiefly Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.
Derived terms
  • grieveship

Anagrams

  • regive

Old French

Verb

grieve

  1. third-person singular present indicative of grever

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾjeβe/

Noun

grieve m (plural grieves)

  1. hard, difficult

Source: wiktionary.org