grasping
NOUNADJECTIVE
/græspɪŋ/
8 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH G
grasping is a valid 8-letter word worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
G2R1A1S1P3I1N1G2
2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 =12 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 24TRIPLE WORD → 36
MEANING
What does grasping mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles).
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
RELATED
2
Understanding with difficulty.
“the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings”
BROADER
RELATED
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1
Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth.
“a grasping old miser”
“grasping commercialism”
SYNONYMS
SIMILAR
AT THE BOARD
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