grit

/grɪt/ nounverb

4 letters1 syllable5 points in Scrabble®6 points in WWF®

DEFINITIONS4

NOUN

1

A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone.

2

Fortitude and determination.

VERB

1

Clench together.

“grit one's teeth”

2

Cover with a grit.

“grit roads”

WORD FORMS

Related formgritty

GAME SCORES

Scrabble®5 points

Words With Friends®6 points

Double word10 points

Triple word15 points

GOOD TO KNOW

Pig Latinitgray

Starts & ends withG … T

Syllablesgrit

SYNONYMS & RELATED8

gritrock gritstone gritty backbone gumption guts moxie sand

SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS

trig5 tigr5 girt5

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