Definitions for griffins

griffins grif·fin

Spelling: [grif-in]
IPA: /ˈgrɪf ɪn/

Griffins is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 102 anagrams from letters in griffins (ffgiinrs).

Definitions for griffins

noun

  1. a fabled monster, usually having the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.
  2. (in India and the East) a newcomer, especially a white person from a Western country.
  3. a city in W Georgia.
  4. a male given name.

Origin of griffins

1300-50; Middle English griffoun Middle French grifon Latin grȳphus Greek grȳp- (stem of grȳ́ps) curled, curved, having a hooked nose

Examples for griffins

You know our junior partner, Mr. griffin, has been very ill—I wrote you that.

If I should have a wire that Mr. griffin was worse it might be shorter still.

griffin Dunne directed that episode and he wanted me to feel like a caged animal.

"I'm busy, griffin," she began, and then broke off as she saw the girls.

The series begins with a voiceover from a 9-year-old boy named Charlie (griffin Gluck), basically a more precocious Meredith Grey.

"Just a case of permanent glooms, if you ask me," replied griffin airily.

The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle.

griffin mined the portfolios of four artists to create the vast collection of images that dot the book.

griffin screen-capped a series of direct messages that are allegedly from him.

griffin is herself a character in the novel, the invisible hand on the other end of the tape recorder in all the interviews.

Word Value for griffins
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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