Definitions For Grapple
noun
- The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
- A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
- A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
- To hold and fight with another person
- To try to solve a problem : to deal with a problem
verb
- To grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
- Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
Is Grapple a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
16
The word Grapple is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Grapple in a Sentence
- Was simply unable to break my opponent's viselike grapple and lost the wrestling match
- After a grapple with his conscience, he confessed to having an affair
- Two sumo wrestlers grappling like a pair of mammoth bears
- A crane grappled the sunken boat and hoisted it above water