GRAIL
What does "GRAIL" mean?
The cup or vessel of medieval legend, sought as a sacred object of supreme value.
Meanings
- The Holy Grail: the cup said to have been used by Christ at the Last Supper and sought by Arthurian knights. The knights spent their lives in pursuit of the Grail.
- Any object or goal that is intensely pursued as the ultimate prize. A safe, room-temperature superconductor is a kind of holy grail of physics. figurative
Did you know?
- The Holy Grail makes its literary debut around 1190 in a French poem by Chretien de Troyes - where it is simply a mysterious dish, not yet identified as Christ's cup; later writers added the Christian meaning.
Word origin
From Old French 'graal', a serving dish, from Medieval Latin 'gradalis' (a flat dish) - the 'Holy' association grew through 12th-century French romances about King Arthur's court.
Remember it
GRAIL hides 'GRAAL', its Old French form - and is just 'grain' with the last letter tipped over into an 'L'.
A little poem
They rode through forest, wound, and year
to find the cup that healed all thirst-
and were remade by riding near.
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What it teaches
The quest can change a person more than the prize ever could.
Quick facts
What does GRAIL mean?
The cup or vessel of medieval legend, sought as a sacred object of supreme value.
Is GRAIL a valid word?
Yes — GRAIL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GRAIL?
GRAIL has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does GRAIL come from?
From Old French 'graal', a serving dish, from Medieval Latin 'gradalis' (a flat dish) - the 'Holy' association grew through 12th-century French romances about King Arthur's court.
What can GRAIL teach us?
The quest can change a person more than the prize ever could.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.