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Is grim a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word grim is a Scrabble US word. The word grim is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is grim a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word grim is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

G2R1I1M3

Is grim a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word grim is a Words With Friends word. The word grim is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

GRIM,

3-letter words (4 found)

MIG,MIR,RIG,RIM,

2-letter words (2 found)

GI,MI,

You can make 7 words from grim according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of grim

grim rgim girm igrm rigm irgm grmi rgmi gmri mgri rmgi mrgi gimr igmr gmir mgir imgr migr rimg irmg rmig mrig imrg mirg

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

Definitions and meaning of grim

grim

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹɪm/
  • Rhymes: -ɪm

Etymology 1

From Middle English grim, from Old English grimm, from Proto-West Germanic *grimm, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to resound, thunder, grumble, roar”).

Adjective

grim (comparative grimmer, superlative grimmest)

  1. Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
  2. Rigid and unrelenting.
  3. Ghastly or sinister.
  4. Disgusting; gross.
  5. (obsolete) Fierce, cruel, furious.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

grim (third-person singular simple present grims, present participle grimming, simple past and past participle grimmed)

  1. (transitive, rare) To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to.

Noun

grim (plural grims)

  1. (MLE, slang, probably a fashionable word around 2006, now dated) A promiscuous woman.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:promiscuous woman

Etymology 2

From Middle English grim, grym, greme, from Old English *grimu, *grimmu, grima, from Proto-Germanic *grimmį̄ (“anger, wrath”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to resound, thunder, grumble, roar”). Cognate with Middle Dutch grimme, Middle High German grimme f (“anger”), modern German Grimm m.

Noun

grim (countable and uncountable, plural grims)

  1. (obsolete) Anger, wrath.
  2. (obsolete) A specter, ghost, haunting spirit.
Derived terms
  • grimful
  • grimless

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse grimmr, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡ̊ʁɛmˀ]

Adjective

grim

  1. ugly, unsightly
  2. nasty

Inflection

Kalasha

Verb

grim

  1. taking

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grimmr, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɪmː/

Adjective

grim (masculine and feminine grim, neuter grimt, definite singular and plural grimme, comparative grimmare, superlative grimmast, definite superlative grimmaste)

  1. grim, ugly, unsightly
Related terms
  • gram

Etymology 2

From Old Norse grímr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡriːm/

Noun

grim m (definite singular grimen, indefinite plural grimar, definite plural grimane)

  1. (folklore) a kind of wight
Derived terms
  • fossegrim
Related terms
  • grime

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡriːm/

Verb

grim

  1. imperative of grime

References

  • “grim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrim/

Adjective

grim (superlative grimmest)

  1. Alternative form of grimm

Declension


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