STADE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. STADE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STADE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STADE is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STADE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
stadesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STADE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in STADE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What stands out about STADE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 6 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 STADE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A subdivision of a glacial period marked by a temporary advance or standstill of ice, identified from the layer of deposit it left behind.
Geologists read layers of rock and sediment to reconstruct how an ice age unfolded, and each stade marks a spell when glaciers pushed forward or paused rather than retreating, leaving a distinct band of debris as evidence. Longer glacial periods are often broken down into several stades separated by warmer interludes. The same spelling also names an ancient Greek unit of distance, roughly the length of a stadium track, an entirely separate and older sense of the word.
How STADE is used
A technical term used almost exclusively in geology when describing phases of an ice age.
- Sediment layers marked a distinct stade within the last ice age.
- The valley's moraines record at least three separate stades.
- Scientists dated the stade using layers of glacial till.
- A cold stade briefly halted the glacier's retreat.
- Herodotus measured the tower's base at almost exactly one stade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STADE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STADE
The 5 tiles of STADE in a different order — 6 found.
Words starting with STADE
1 longer words begin with STADE.
Words ending in STADE
1 words end in STADE. Useful as a back hook: play STADE onto a word already on the board.
Words with STADE inside
1 words contain STADE in the middle. Words that start with STADE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in STADE
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Common questions about STADE
- Is STADE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STADE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STADE worth?
- STADE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STADE mean?
- A subdivision of a glacial period marked by a temporary advance or standstill of ice, identified from the layer of deposit it left behind.
- What letters can be added to STADE?
- STADE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of STADE:
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