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Is grifter a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word grifter is a Scrabble US word. The word grifter is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is grifter a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word grifter is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

G2R1I1F4T1E1R1

Is grifter a Words With Friends word?

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

G3R1I1F4T1E1R1

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7-letter words (1 found)

GRIFTER,

6-letter words (1 found)

REGIFT,

5-letter words (12 found)

FIRER,FREIT,FRIER,GRIEF,GRIFT,REFIT,RERIG,RIFER,RIFTE,TIGER,TREIF,TRIER,

4-letter words (26 found)

FIER,FIRE,FRET,FRIG,FRIT,GEIT,GERT,GIFT,GIRR,GIRT,GITE,GRIT,REFI,REFT,REIF,RIFE,RIFT,RITE,TERF,TIER,TIGE,TIRE,TIRR,TREF,TRIE,TRIG,

3-letter words (29 found)

EFT,ERF,ERG,ERR,FEG,FER,FET,FIE,FIG,FIR,FIT,GER,GET,GIE,GIF,GIT,GRR,IRE,REF,REG,REI,RET,RIF,RIG,RIT,TEF,TEG,TIE,TIG,

2-letter words (10 found)

EF,ER,ET,FE,GI,IF,IT,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 80 words from grifter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of grifter

grifter

English

Etymology

From grift +‎ -er; or probably an alteration of grafter (“a corrupt person, one who accepts bribes”), which is essentially a doublet of the same word. Originally circus slang (carny; compare shill of similar semantics), gradually widened in sense. First attested in 1906; popularized online circa late 2010s.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɪftɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɪftə/
  • Rhymes: -ɪftə(ɹ)

Noun

grifter (plural grifters)

  1. (informal, originally Canada, US) A con artist; someone who pulls confidence games; a swindler, scammer, huckster, hustler, and/or charlatan.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:confidence trickster
  2. (colloquial, especially Internet) A manipulator or otherwise generally corrupt person who "games" a system, group of people, or other entity for selfish gains; especially of a political "sell-out" perceived as lacking integrity.

Translations

Further reading

  • “grifter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Swedish

Noun

grifter

  1. indefinite plural of grift

Source: wiktionary.org