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Is grift a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word grift is a Scrabble US word. The word grift is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is grift a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word grift is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Is grift a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word grift is a Words With Friends word. The word grift is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

GRIFT,

4-letter words (7 found)

FRIG,FRIT,GIFT,GIRT,GRIT,RIFT,TRIG,

3-letter words (9 found)

FIG,FIR,FIT,GIF,GIT,RIF,RIG,RIT,TIG,

2-letter words (4 found)

GI,IF,IT,TI,

You can make 21 words from grift according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of grift

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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word grift. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in grift.

Definitions and meaning of grift

grift

Etymology

American criminal underworld slang, 1906 (noun), 1915 (verb), alteration of graft (“corruption, illicit profit through corrupt means, bribe, ones occupation”), alteration perhaps influenced by similar sounding words, e.g. drift, etc., probably ultimately from Middle Dutch graft (“digging, ditch, canal, trench”) (modern Dutch gracht), related to Dutch graven (“to dig”), English grave (“to dig”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹɪft/
  • Rhymes: -ɪft

Noun

grift (plural grifts)

  1. (US, slang) A confidence game or swindle. [from 1906]
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deception

Derived terms

  • grifter

Translations

Verb

grift (third-person singular simple present grifts, present participle grifting, simple past and past participle grifted)

  1. (transitive, US, slang) To obtain illegally, as by con game. [from early 20th c.]
  2. (intransitive, US, slang) To obtain money illegally. [from early 20th c.]
  3. (intransitive, US, slang) To obtain money immorally or through deceitful means.

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Swedish

Noun

grift c

  1. (archaic except in some compounds) a grave
    Synonym: grav

Declension

Derived terms

  • griftefrid
  • griftetal
  • gånggrift

References

  • grift in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • grift in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • grift in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org