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GRIPS

5 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

GRIPS is a valid 5-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 2 in Classic, 2 in Big, and 2 in Super Big Boggle.

GRIPS root GRIP-s

Word family

GRIP 1 GRIPPING-ping 11 GRIPPED-ped 5 GRIPE-e 2 GRIPT-t 2

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GRIPPINGLY 11
verb
  1. intransitivetransitiveTo take hold (of), particularly with the hand.
    • That suitcase is heavy, so grip the handle firmly.
    • Unfortunately the glue didn't grip, and the whole thing came apart.
    • After a few slips, the tires gripped the pavement.
    • "Grip tightly on the rope!" — "I'm gripping! I'm gripping!"
  2. transitiveTo figuratively take hold of or grasp.
    • We need to grip this problem, not shut our eyes and hope it goes away.
  3. transitiveOf an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon.
    • As the water level began to rise, I was gripped by panic.
  4. transitiveTo firmly hold the attention of.
    • The movie gripped me from beginning to end.
  5. dialectalTo trench; to drain.
noun
  1. countableuncountableA hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
    • It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.
    • The ball will move differently depending on the grip used when throwing it.
  2. uncountableAbility to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface.
    • These tyres are worn out and don't have much grip.
  3. countableuncountableA place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
    • There are several good grips on the northern face of this rock.
    • The grip of a sword is part of its hilt.
  4. abbreviationbroadlycountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of pistol grip.
  5. countableuncountableA device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something.
    • The unthreaded portion of the bolt's shank is called the grip.
  6. countableuncountableAn apparatus attached to a car (e.g., cable car, funicular car, mine car) for clutching a traction cable.
  7. countablefigurativelyuncountableControl, power, or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
    • We need to get a grip on these spiralling costs.
    • in the grip of a blackmailer
    • to strengthen one's grip on a company
  8. countablefigurativelyuncountableMental grasp.
    • He's losing his grip – he's practically senile.
    • For God's sake man, stop panicking and get a grip of yourself!
  9. countableuncountableA medium-sized bag or holdall for one's belongings, made of soft leather, canvas etc., and carried in the hand by two handles, one either side of the opening.
  10. countableuncountableA visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved by dragging with a mouse or finger.
  11. countableuncountableA person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
  12. countableslanguncountableAs much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
    • I need to get a grip of nails for my project.
  13. CaliforniaSoutherncountableslanguncountableA lot of something.
    • That is a grip of cheese.
  14. CaliforniaSoutherncountableslanguncountableA long time.
    • I haven't seen you in a grip.
  15. archaiccountableuncountableArchaic spelling of grippe (“influenza”).
    • She has the grip.
  16. countableuncountableA small travelling-bag or gripsack.
  17. dialectalA small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
  18. A channel cut through a grass verge, especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway.