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Words starting with GRE
There are 206 words starting with GRE in the standard word-game list. The most common are great, green, greatest, greater, greetings, greek.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| great | relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind | 6 |
| green | of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass | 6 |
| greatest | highest in quality | 9 |
| greater | greater in size or importance or degree | 8 |
| greetings | Hello | 11 |
| greek | of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language | 10 |
| grey | of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black | 8 |
| greet | express greetings upon meeting someone | 6 |
| greedy | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | 11 |
| greed | excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves | 7 |
| grease | a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery) | 7 |
| greatly | to an extraordinary extent or degree | 11 |
| grenade | a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile | 9 |
| greeting | (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting) | 10 |
| greatness | the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence | 10 |
| greasy | containing an unusual amount of grease or oil | 10 |
| greenhouse | of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect | 14 |
| greens | any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables | 7 |
| greased | smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction | 9 |
| greener | A newcomer; a recent immigrant. | 8 |
| greyhound | a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog | 17 |
| greets | Greetings sent to other demosceners, often included in the scrolltext of a demo. | 7 |
| greats | Plural of great | 7 |
| greenwood | woodlands in full leaf | 14 |
| greenery | green foliage | 12 |
| greenway | a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city | 15 |
| greenhorn | an awkward and inexperienced youth | 13 |
| gremlin | (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous | 10 |
| greengrocer | a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables | 15 |
| greaves | the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered | 11 |
| greys | Grey trousers and/or jackets worn by prisoners on relatively formal occasions. | 9 |
| greasing | An application of grease. | 10 |
| greaser | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent | 8 |
| greaseball | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent | 13 |
| greaseless | Without fats or oils. | 11 |
| greasepaint | a greasy substance used as makeup by actors | 14 |
| greaseproof | resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax | 17 |
| greasewood | low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America | 15 |
| greasily | in a greasy manner | 12 |
| greasiness | consisting of or covered with oil | 11 |
| greatcoat | a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter | 12 |
| greaten | To become great or large; increase; dilate. | 8 |
| greathearted | noble and generous in spirit | 17 |
| greatheartedly | In a greathearted manner; displaying greatheartedness. | 22 |
| greatheartedness | The state or quality of being greathearted; courage or magnanimity. | 21 |
| greave | armor plate that protects legs below the knee | 10 |
| greaved | Having greaves (leg armour). | 12 |
| grebe | small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller… | 8 |
| gree | Pre-eminence; victory or superiority in combat (hence also, the prize for winning a combat). | 5 |
| greedily | in a greedy manner | 13 |
| greediness | an excessive desire for food | 12 |
| greegree | an African amulet | 10 |
| greenback | a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) | 18 |
| greenbackism | A movement advocating for the inflation of the US currency. | 23 |
| greenbelt | a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city | 12 |
| greenbrier | a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems… | 13 |
| greenbug | The wheat aphid (Schizaphis graminum). | 12 |
| greenfinch | Any of five distinct species of bird formerly within the genus Carduelis, now making up genus Chloris… | 19 |
| greenfly | greenish aphid; pest on garden and crop plants | 15 |
| greengage | sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum | 12 |
All 206 words
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- greeting
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- greenhouse
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- greener
- greyhound
- greets
- greats
- greenwood
- greenery
- greenway
- greenhorn
- gremlin
- greengrocer
- greaves
- greys
- greasing
- greaser
- greaseball
- greaseballs
- greaseless
- greasepaint
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- greaseproof
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- greatcoat
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- greave
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- greenbrier
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- greenbug
- greenbugs
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- greenfinch
- greenfinches
- greenflies
- greenfly
- greengage
- greengages
- greengroceries
- greengrocers
- greengrocery
- greenhead
- greenheads
- greenheart
- greenhearts
- greenhorns
- greenhouses
- greenie
- greenier
- greenies
- greeniest
- greening
- greenings
- greenish
- greenishness
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- greenkeeper
- greenkeepers
- greenlet
- greenlets
- greenling
- greenlings
- greenly
- greenmail
- greenmailed
- greenmailer
- greenmailers
- greenmailing
- greenmails
- greenness
- greennesses
- greenockite
- greenockites
- greenroom
- greenrooms
- greensand
- greensands
- greenshank
- greenshanks
- greensick
- greensickness
- greensicknesses
- greenskeeper
- greenskeepers
- greenstone
- greenstones
- greenstuff
- greenstuffs
- greensward
- greenswards
- greenth
- greenths
- greenways
- greenwing
- greenwings
- greenwoods
- greeny
- grees
- greeted
- greeter
- greeters
- gregarine
- gregarines
- gregarious
- gregariously
- gregariousness
- gregariousnesses
- grego
- gregos
- greige
- greiges
- greisen
- greisens
- gremial
- gremials
- gremlins
- gremmie
- gremmies
- gremmy
- grenades
- grenadier
- grenadiers
- grenadine
- grenadines
- grew
- grewsome
- grewsomer
- grewsomest
- greyed
- greyer
- greyest
- greyhen
- greyhens
- greyhounds
- greying
- greyish
- greylag
- greylags
- greyly
- greyness
- greynesses