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Is groove a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word groove is a Scrabble US word. The word groove is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is groove a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word groove is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

G2R1O1O1V4E1

Is groove a Words With Friends word?

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

G3R1O1O1V5E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

GROOVE,OVERGO,

5-letter words (1 found)

GROVE,

4-letter words (9 found)

ERGO,GOER,GOOR,GORE,OGRE,OVER,REGO,ROVE,VEGO,

3-letter words (21 found)

EGO,ERG,EVO,GEO,GER,GOE,GOO,GOR,GOV,OOR,ORE,ORG,REG,REO,REV,ROE,ROO,VEG,VOE,VOG,VOR,

2-letter words (6 found)

ER,GO,OE,OO,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 40 words from groove according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of groove

groove

Etymology

From Middle English grov, grove, groof, grofe (“cave; pit; mining shaft”), from Old English grōf (“trench, furrow, something dug”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōbu, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scrape, bury”). Cognate with Dutch groef, groeve (“groove; pit, grave”), German Grube (“ditch, pit”), Norwegian grov (“brook, riverbed”), Serbo-Croatian grèbati (“scratch, dig”). Directly descended from Old English grafan (“to dig”). More at grave.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹuːv/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɡɹuv/
  • Rhymes: -uːv

Noun

groove (plural grooves)

  1. A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tyre groove, or a geological channel or depression.
    Antonym: ridge
  2. A fixed routine.
  3. The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
  4. (music) A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
  5. (dated, informal) A good feeling (often as in the groove).
  6. (mining) A shaft or excavation.
  7. (motor racing) A racing line, a path across the racing circuit's surface that a racecar will usually track on. (Note: There may be multiple grooves on any particular circuit or segment of circuit)

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Verb

groove (third-person singular simple present grooves, present participle grooving, simple past and past participle grooved)

  1. (transitive) To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
  2. (intransitive) To perform, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.
    I was just starting to groove to the band when we had to leave.

Derived terms

  • grooved
  • groover
  • ungrooved

Translations

Anagrams

  • go over, overgo

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁuv/

Noun

groove m (plural grooves)

  1. groove (fixed routine)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾub/ [ˈɡɾuβ̞]
  • Rhymes: -ub

Noun

groove m (plural grooves)

  1. groove (music style)

Source: wiktionary.org