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 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.



Definition of grits

grits (noun)

  1. (usually in the plural) Husked but unground oats.
  2. (usually in the plural) Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.

grits (verb)

  1. Apparently only in grit one's teeth: to clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger.
  2. To cover with grit.
  3. To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.

grits (noun)

  1. (usually in the plural) Husked but unground oats.
  2. (usually in the plural) Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.