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Is gravel a Scrabble word?

Yes, gravel is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of gravel?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.uncountableusually

2. (uncountable, geology) A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.uncountableusually

3. (uncountable, archaic) Kidney stones; a deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.Examples: "The great use of coffee in France is supposed to have abated the prevalency of the gravel, for where coffee is used as a constant beverage, the gravel and the gout are scarcely known."Synonyms: chisel, chessil, stones, gallstonesarchaicuncountableusually

4. (rare) Inability to see at night; night blindness.Examples: "A malady that was rare, but which because of its peculiarity elicited much comment, was "night blindness" or "gravel.""rareuncountableusually

5. (uncountable, cycling) Gravel cycling, a discipline in cycling different from road cycling, mountain biking or cyclocross, for a large part on gravel roads, typically with a dedicated gravel bike.uncountableusually

6. (slang) The stimulant drug alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone.slanguncountableusually

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.Examples: "We kept quietly on our way until we reached a place in the road that had been freshly graveled, and where the surface was covered with stones just suited to our use."transitive

2. (transitive) To puzzle or annoy.Examples: "It graveled me like sixty to pay such a price, but I had to do it because the season was just between hay and grass."transitive

3. (transitive) To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.Examples: "1605, William Camden, “Grave Speeches and wittie Apothegms of worthy Personages of this Realm in former times,” in Remaines Concerning Britain, London: Simon Miller, sixth impression, 1657, p. 243, William Conqerour when he invaded this Iland, chanced at his arrival to be gravelled, and one of his feet stuck so fast in the sand, that he fell to the ground."transitive

4. (transitive) To check or stop; to confound; to perplex.Examples: "The physician was so gravelled and amazed withal, that he had not a word more to say."; "When you were gravelled for lack of matter."; "[…] I arrived at a spot where I was completely gravelled, and could go no farther one way or the other; […]"transitive

5. (transitive) To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.transitive

6. (transitive, slang, archaic) To prostrate; to beat to the ground.archaicslangtransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "gravel"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "gravel"?

Scrabble
10 points
G2
R1
A1
V4
E1
L1
Words With Friends
13 points
G3
R1
A1
V4
E1
L2

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