grilse
Plural: grilses
Noun
- A salmon returning to fresh water for the first time.
- A young salmon after its first return from the sea.
Examples
- He played GRILSE, a surprisingly high-scoring word for its length.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English grills, grilles, of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots grils, grissill, girls (“young salmon”). Compare English grawl, Scots grawl, graulse (“young salmon, grilse”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 7
grilse: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgrilse: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
grilse: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
grilse: valid Words With Friends Word