The word stave is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • stave n. One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides…
  • stave n. One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel.
  • stave n. (Poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.

28 valid words from 3 definitions

BARS CYLINDRICAL EDGE FORM IRON LADDER LANTERN METRICAL NARROW NUMBER OF ONE OR PLACED PLATES POETRY PORTION RACK ROUNDS RUNGS SIDES STAFF STANZA STRIPS THE TO WHEEL WOOD

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

ETC

4 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AVE ST TA TAV

4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AT ATS VAT VATS

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

VESTA

13 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

SHAVE SLAVE SOAVE STADE STAGE STAKE STALE STANE STARE STATE STIVE STOVE SUAVE

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

SAVE

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

STARVE

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

STAVED STAVES STAVESACRE STAVESACRES

9 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

DISTAVES PALSTAVES TIPSTAVES COWLSTAVES FLAGSTAVES HANDSTAVES JACKSTAVES PIKESTAVES QUARTERSTAVES

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

PALSTAVE

18 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A SAVATE
+D STAVED
+F FAVEST
+I SATIVE STEVIA
+L VALETS VESTAL
+O AVOSET OVATES
+R AVERTS STARVE TAVERS TRAVES VASTER
+S STAVES VESTAS
+U VAUTES
+W VAWTES

19 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-A VEST VETS
-E TAVS VAST VATS
-T AVES SAVE VAES VASE
-V ATES EAST EATS ETAS SATE SEAT SETA TAES TASE TEAS

Scrabble scoring

  • 8 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 189 chance (0.53%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 692 chance (0.14%).

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Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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