grid
A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.
Noun 4 meanings
A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.
A tiling of the plane with regular polygons; a honeycomb.
A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.
A system or structure of distributed computers working mostly on a peer-to-peer basis, used mainly to solve single and complex scientific or technical problems or to process data at high speeds (as in clusters).
Verb 3 meanings
To mark with a grid.
To assign a reference grid to.
To enter in a grid.
“On the SAT, to answer a grid-in question, you grid in your answer by filling out the ovals.”
Etymology
Back-formation or clipping of griddle or gridiron.
GRID at a glance
GRID has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (G 2 + R 1 + I 1 + D 2) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,238 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with grid
All rhymes- HYBRID15
- ARID5
- HORRID10
- LURID6
- PUTRID9
- TORRID7
- FLORID10
- ACRID8
- SEMIARID11
- IMIDACLOPRID20
- MICROGRID15
- MURID8
One letter away
- GRIP7
- GRIM7
- GRAD6
- GRIN5
- GRIT5
- ARID5
- GRIS5
- GUID6
- GRIZ14
- GRIG6
- IRID5
- GAID6
- GLID6
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