Scrabble & Words with friends points
- grain is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
- grain is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
- grain is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8
Definition of grain
- the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) (noun)
Examples
- sand of a fine grain
- a stone of coarse grain
Synonyms
- texture
- thoroughly work in (verb)
Examples
- His hands were grained with dirt
Synonyms
- ingrain
- form into grains (verb)
Synonyms
- granulate
- become granular (verb)
Synonyms
- granulate
- a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat (noun)
Synonyms
- metric grain
- dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn (noun)
Synonyms
- caryopsis
- foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses (noun)
Synonyms
- cereal
- food grain
- 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams (noun)
- 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams (noun)
- a cereal grass (noun)
Examples
- wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas
- a relatively small granular particle of a substance (noun)
Examples
- a grain of sand
- a grain of sugar
- paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood (verb)
- the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric (noun)
Examples
- saw the board across the grain
- the side of leather from which the hair has been removed (noun)
- the smallest possible unit of anything (noun)
Examples
- there was a grain of truth in what he said
- he does not have a grain of sense
See definition of grain in Merriam Webster