grandsire

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
9

Definition of grandsire

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (archaic)Grandfather.
    ““I am going to a certain tower, one of three that were built in my grandsire’s time to guard Lantern Waste against certain perilous outlaws who dwelled there in his day. […]"”
See all 4 definitions

noun

  1. (archaic)Grandfather.
    ““I am going to a certain tower, one of three that were built in my grandsire’s time to guard Lantern Waste against certain perilous outlaws who dwelled there in his day. […]"”
  2. Any male ancestor.
  3. Any of a number of methods of change-ringing on bells.
  4. The sire of a sire, paternal grandfather

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English graunsire; compare grand and sire.

Words you can make from grandsire

200+ playable · top: DERAIGNS (10 pts)

Best play deraigns 10 points

8-letter words

10 words

7-letter words

43 words

6-letter words

91 words

5-letter words

55 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

A single letter you can add to grandsire to make another valid word.

Find your best play with grandsire

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes grandsire, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.