STAPLE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. STAPLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STAPLE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STAPLE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STAPLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STAPLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in STAPLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What stands out about STAPLE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 10 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does STAPLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small U-shaped piece of wire driven through sheets of paper to hold them together, or a main item of food or trade that is always in demand.
Office staples are pressed through paper by a stapler and bent flat on the underside. The older sense is economic: rice in much of Asia and potatoes in parts of Europe are staples, the basic goods people keep buying. A staple can also be a metal loop for holding a hook or a bolt. All these meanings share a feel of something fundamental and fixed in place.
How STAPLE is used
Also a verb, to fasten with staples; used of food and trade goods in a figurative sense.
- She fixed the pages together with a single staple.
- Rice is the staple of the local diet.
- The carpenter drove a staple into the post to hold the wire.
- Bread remained a staple on every table.
- He pulled the staple out with a small tool.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STAPLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STAPLE
The 6 tiles of STAPLE in a different order — 10 found.
Words starting with STAPLE
4 longer words begin with STAPLE.
Shorter words from the letters in STAPLE
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Common questions about STAPLE
- Is STAPLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STAPLE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STAPLE worth?
- STAPLE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STAPLE mean?
- A small U-shaped piece of wire driven through sheets of paper to hold them together, or a main item of food or trade that is always in demand.
- What letters can be added to STAPLE?
- STAPLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of STAPLE:
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