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Is gripple a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gripple is a Scrabble US word. The word gripple is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is gripple a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gripple is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

G2R1I1P3P3L1E1

Is gripple a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gripple is a Words With Friends word. The word gripple is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3R1I1P4P4L2E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

GRIPPLE,

6-letter words (5 found)

GIPPER,GRIPLE,GRIPPE,LIPPER,RIPPLE,

5-letter words (6 found)

GRIPE,LIGER,PERIL,PILER,PIPER,PLIER,

4-letter words (22 found)

GIRL,GLEI,GRIP,LEIR,LERP,LIER,LIPE,LIRE,PERI,PERP,PIER,PILE,PIPE,PIRL,PLIE,PREP,PRIG,REPP,RIEL,RILE,RIPE,RIPP,

3-letter words (26 found)

ERG,GEL,GER,GIE,GIP,IRE,LEG,LEI,LEP,LIE,LIG,LIP,PEG,PEL,PEP,PER,PIE,PIG,PIP,PIR,PRE,REG,REI,REP,RIG,RIP,

2-letter words (7 found)

EL,ER,GI,LI,PE,PI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 68 words from gripple according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gripple

gripple

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɪpəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪpəl

Etymology 1

From Middle English gripel, from Old English gripol, gripul (“able to grasp much; capacious”); equivalent to grip +‎ -le.

Alternative forms

  • grippal, griple
  • grippill (Scotland)

Adjective

gripple (comparative more gripple, superlative most gripple)

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Griping; tenacious; gripping.
  2. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Grasping; greedy; snatchy; mean; niggardly; avaricious, covetous.
  3. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Sprained.

Etymology 2

From Middle English gryppel, from Old English *gripel, *grēpel, diminutive of Old English grep, grēpe (“furrow, ditch, drain”), equivalent to grip +‎ -le (diminutive suffix). Cognate with German Low German Grüppel (“ditch”).

Noun

gripple (plural gripples)

  1. A ditch; a drain.

Etymology 3

From grip +‎ -le.

Noun

gripple (plural gripples)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A hook.
  2. (obsolete, rare) A grasp; a grip.

Etymology 4

From grip +‎ -le (frequentative suffix).

Verb

gripple (third-person singular simple present gripples, present participle grippling, simple past and past participle grippled)

  1. (transitive, rare) To grasp.

Source: wiktionary.org