grappling

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
21
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈɡɹæp(ə)lɪŋ/

Definition of grappling

4 senses · 2 parts of speech

noun

  1. (gerund)An act in which something is grappled or grappled with.
    “[…] the Schoenberg is irresistible to young hearts in their initial grapplings with great questions of life, death, love and suffering.”
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noun

  1. (gerund)An act in which something is grappled or grappled with.
    “[…] the Schoenberg is irresistible to young hearts in their initial grapplings with great questions of life, death, love and suffering.”
  2. A grappling hook or grappling iron.
  3. A small anchor; a grapnel.

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of grapple

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Words you can make from grappling

138 playable · top: GAPPING (13 pts)

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7-letter words

9 words

6-letter words

8 words

5-letter words

19 words

4-letter words

49 words

3-letter words

40 words

2-letter words

12 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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