Grool or Gruel: Which Is Correct?

"Grool" is a misspelling of "gruel," which is an inexpensive simple porridge typically made from grains with water or milk. The misspelling "grool" may have come about because that is how "gruel" is pronounced. However, the only correct spelling is "gruel."

Gruel was typically cooked and eaten by the lower class who did not have the resources to consume more lavish meals. It has a plain taste and is usually eaten for sustenance rather than pleasure.

Although rare, in slang, "grool" may mean "great and cool." This comes from the movie Mean Girls (2004).

Example sentences

The poor orphans were given only gruel for dinner.
Because he was so hungry, the prisoners even found the thin and plain gruel delicious.
In the olden days, gruel was a common for people of the lower class.
The elderly woman stirred the gruel slowly on the stove, waiting for it to thicken.
The beggar thanked the kind stranger for the warm bowl of gruel on the cold winter night.
The villagers shared the last pot of gruel among themselves.
The sick patient was given nourishing gruel to aid her recovery.
The boarding school served a simple breakfast of gruel and bread to its students.
The soldiers in the barracks relied on gruel as their primary sustenance during times of scarcity.
As the famine continued, many families survived on nothing more than a daily serving of gruel.

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