Definitions For Grapple

The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
To hold and fight with another person
To try to solve a problem : to deal with a problem

To grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

Is Grapples a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES

Scrabble US YES

Scrabble UK YES

English International (SOWPODS) YES

Scrabble Global YES

Enable1 Dictionary YES

Scrabble

Words with Friends

The word Grapple is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

Was simply unable to break my opponent's viselike grapple and lost the wrestling match
After a grapple with his conscience, he confessed to having an affair
Two sumo wrestlers grappling like a pair of mammoth bears
A crane grappled the sunken boat and hoisted it above water