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Is gristle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gristle is a Scrabble US word. The word gristle is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

G2R1I1S1T1L1E1

Is gristle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gristle is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

G2R1I1S1T1L1E1

Is gristle a Words With Friends word?

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

G3R1I1S1T1L2E1

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7-letter words (2 found)

GLISTER,GRISTLE,

6-letter words (12 found)

GILETS,GRILSE,LEGIST,LEGITS,LIGERS,LISTER,LITERS,LITRES,REGILT,RELIST,TIGERS,TILERS,

5-letter words (44 found)

GEIST,GEITS,GELTS,GILET,GILTS,GIRLS,GIRTS,GITES,GLEIS,GLITS,GRISE,GRIST,GRITS,ISLET,ISTLE,LEGIT,LEIRS,LIERS,LIGER,LITER,LITES,LITRE,REIST,RELIT,RESIT,RIELS,RILES,RITES,SILER,SLIER,STEIL,STILE,STIRE,STRIG,TEILS,TIERS,TIGER,TIGES,TILER,TILES,TIRES,TIRLS,TRIES,TRIGS,

4-letter words (69 found)

EGIS,ELTS,ERGS,ERST,GEIT,GELS,GELT,GERS,GERT,GEST,GETS,GIES,GILT,GIRL,GIRT,GIST,GITE,GITS,GLEI,GLIT,GRIS,GRIT,IRES,ISLE,LEGS,LEIR,LEIS,LEST,LETS,LIER,LIES,LIGS,LIRE,LIST,LITE,LITS,REGS,REIS,REST,RETS,RIEL,RIGS,RILE,RISE,RITE,RITS,SEIL,SEIR,SILE,SILT,SIRE,SITE,SLIT,STIE,STIR,TEGS,TEIL,TELS,TIER,TIES,TIGE,TIGS,TILE,TILS,TIRE,TIRL,TRES,TRIE,TRIG,

3-letter words (43 found)

ELS,ELT,ERG,ERS,EST,GEL,GER,GET,GIE,GIS,GIT,IRE,ITS,LEG,LEI,LES,LET,LIE,LIG,LIS,LIT,REG,REI,RES,RET,RIG,RIT,SEG,SEI,SEL,SER,SET,SIG,SIR,SIT,SRI,TEG,TEL,TES,TIE,TIG,TIL,TIS,

2-letter words (13 found)

EL,ER,ES,ET,GI,IS,IT,LI,RE,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 184 words from gristle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gristle

gristle

Etymology

From Middle English gristel, grystyl, from Old English gristel (“gristle, cartilage”), formed from a diminutive of Old English grist (“a grinding”), from Proto-Germanic *gredaną (“to crunch”), equivalent to grist +‎ -le. Cognate with Old Frisian gristel, gerstel (“gristle, cartilage”), Middle Low German gristel (“gristle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɪsəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsəl

Noun

gristle (countable and uncountable, plural gristles)

  1. Cartilage; now especially: cartilage present, as a tough substance, in meat.
  2. (figuratively, from obsolete scientific theory) Bone not yet hardened by age and hard work.
    • 1885, Ada Sarah Ballin, The Science of Dress in Theory and Practice,
      It. must be borne in mind that the bones of a young infant are little more than gristle, and are liable to bend, and so become deformed.

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References

  • “gristle”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Stigler, glister, riglets

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