5 letter words starting with gri

Looking for a clue for todays Wordle or another Word game? Look no further! We got you covered. We got quite a few plausible five letter words starting with gri.

  • GRICE
  • GRIDE
  • GRIDS
  • GRIEF
  • GRIFF
  • GRIFT
  • GRIGS
  • GRIKE
  • GRILL
  • GRIME
  • GRIMY
  • GRIND
  • GRINS
  • GRIOT
  • GRIPE
  • GRIPS
  • GRIPT
  • GRIPY
  • GRISE
  • GRIST
  • GRISY
  • GRITH
  • GRITS
  • GRIZE

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:


Definition of grids

grids (noun)

  1. A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.
  2. A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.
  3. A system or structure of distributed computers working mostly on a peer-to-peer basis, used mainly to solve single and complex scientific or technical problems or to process data at high speeds (as in clusters).
  4. A method of marking off maps into areas.
  5. The pattern of starting positions of the drivers for a race.
  6. The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher).
  7. A battery-plate somewhat like a grating, especially a zinc plate in a primary battery, or a lead plate in a secondary or storage battery.
  8. A grating of parallel bars; a gridiron.

grids (verb)

  1. To mark with a grid.
  2. To assign a reference grid to.

Definition of grift

grift (noun)

  1. A confidence game or swindle.

grift (verb)

  1. To obtain illegally, as by con game.
  2. To obtain money illegally.
  3. To obtain money immorally or through deceitful means.

Definition of grins

grins (noun)

  1. A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.

grins (verb)

  1. To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
  2. To express by grinning.
  3. To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.
  4. To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.

grins (noun)

  1. A snare; a gin.

Definition of gripe

gripe (noun)

  1. A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
  2. A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
  3. Grasp; clutch; grip
  4. That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.
  5. A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
  6. Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.
  7. (chiefly in the plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
  8. The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
  9. The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
  10. An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.
  11. A vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.

gripe (verb)

  1. To complain; to whine.
  2. To annoy or bother.
  3. To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
  4. To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.
  5. To suffer griping pains.
  6. To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
  7. To seize or grasp.