Stake is valid Scrabble Word

Is stake a scrabble word?
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5 letters word
9 points in Scrabble
9 points in WWF

Definitions for STAKE in dictionary:

VERB:

to fasten with a pointed piece of wood or metal
support (a plant) with a stake or stakes
mark an area with stakes so as to claim ownership of it
be assertive in defining and defending a position or policy
gamble (money or something else of value) on the outcome of a game or race
give financial or other support to
A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc.
A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire.
A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.

That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.
To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road.
To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
To pierce or wound with a stake.
put at risk
place a bet on
mark with a stake
tie or fasten to a stake
kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
support or mark out with stakes

NOUN:

a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end, driven into the ground to support a plant, form part of a fence, mark a boundary, etc.
a wooden post to which a person was tied before being burned alive as a punishment
a long vertical rod used in basket-making.
a territorial division of the Mormon Church under the jurisdiction of a president.
a sum of money or something else of value gambled on the outcome of a risky game or venture
a share or interest in a business, situation, or system
prize money, especially in horse racing.
a horse race in which all the owners of the racehorses running contribute to the prize money
a situation involving competition in a specified area
pointed stick or post driven into the ground as a support or marker
(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
the money risked on a gamble
a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground
a metalworker's small anvil, typically with a projection for fitting into a socket on a bench.

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

to fasten with a stake (a pointed piece of wood or metal)

Words related to STAKE

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Words that contain STAKE

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How to use STAKE in a sentence

The Republicans made extraordinary efforts to elect their state and legislative tickets, as both governor and United States senator were at stake.
But even if they do not, money can hardly be allowed to count where honour or religion are at the stake.
Care was taken to leave a free space round the stake for the victim, and also a passage by which to lead him to it.
A railroad tie was sunk into the ground, the rope was removed, and a chain brought and securely coiled around the victim and the stake.
The negro was killed in the water, and the other two captured, one of them being afterwards burned at the stake, while the other, it is said, was ultimately released.
You act as though there were four hundred acres of niggers at stake, as Mr.
Blessed be thou, let us stake all we have along with our lives.
His life was at stake, and all the terrors of death rose before him.
There is a limit, however, to human endurance, even where liberty is at stake.
He came from the North with the young man, willing to stake all on this one venture.

Insert at least one stake, about a yard long, near each plant, to give support, and two or three others will have to be given before the branches spread far.
To insure its safety a strong stake will be required, which should be firmly driven into the ground, and rise six or seven feet above it.
And Ulysses leant with all his force upon the stake, and thrust it in with might and main.
The cow, their most valuable piece of property, was taken beyond the tracks up on the hillside, and fastened to a stake in a deserted vineyard.
But, with the others looking on, he felt that his reputation was at stake, and so he worried along, until he suddenly slipped on some rocks and fell flat.
Fastened to a stake, without much delay, the flames consumed her fair form, at the age of nineteen years.
Their principles were not at stake, nor were their interests concerned in the affair.
He had many faults and weaknesses, but he was not the man to shrink from a big stake and a great throw.
It is not right to yield on these points, for an important principle is at stake.
Horrible cruelties, such as torturing white prisoners and burning them at the stake were never heard of before the war made upon the Indians by the whites.
As he has so noble a fortune and wants nothing of any body, he would be doubly to blame, to take any other part than that of his country, in which he has so great a stake.
This was sedulously cultivated by the French and Portuguese who had colonies at stake.
He was condemned to the stake with the usual solemnities.
Arrived within a mile of Chillicothe, they halted, took Butler from his horse and tied him to a stake, where he remained twenty-four hours in one position.
Prudent men, when so great an object as the security of government, or even its peace, is at stake, will not run the risk of a decision which may be fatal to it.
The power of God was at stake in the making and the keeping of it.
She believed that in the case of compromised affairs, salvation appeared at the supreme moment of playing the very last stake.
They cannot, it is true, stake their personal liberty, because they can neither sell themselves, nor be held as slaves.
But when the interests of his party were at stake he knew how to compromise, taking what he could get instead of what he had determined to get.
Besides, all those whose interests are at stake prefer, of necessity, those whose exertions produce the greatest and most immediate and visible effect.
When he found his own interests deeply at stake, he may have had more than one motive for wishing to secure to himself a clear field.
But in his wrath the King would have no mercy, but sentenced her to be burnt at the stake, which, in those days, was the doom of traitors.

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