grouse

grouse is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun sing & plural, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidae, and subfamily Tetraoninae, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans (Lagopus), having feathered feet. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun sing & plural. Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidae, and subfamily Tetraoninae, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans (Lagopus), having feathered feet.
2. intransitive verb. To seek or shoot grouse.
3. intransitive verb. To complain or grumble.
4. noun. popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
5. noun. flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
6. verb. complain

   "What was he hollering about?"

   Synonyms: beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, gripe, holler, squawk

7. verb. hunt grouse

Synonyms

beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, gripe, holler, squawk

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in grouse:

rogues, rouges, rugose

Common word forms

groused, grouser, grouses, grousing, grouseless

Words from these letters

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