STAP is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. STAP is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept STAP?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STAP is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STAP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STAP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in STAP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about STAP
- The same 4 tiles also spell 5 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 STAP mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsdialect
To stuff, thrust, or cram something forcefully into a space.
Stap is a Scots word for pushing or packing something tightly into a container or opening, closer in feel to cramming than to the everyday word stop, even though old glossaries sometimes gloss it that way. A cook might stap stuffing into a bird, or a traveller might stap clothes into a bag that is already full. The word survives mainly in Scots dialect writing and specialist word lists rather than in everyday standard English.
How STAP is used
Scots dialect; met mainly in dialect literature and specialist glossaries, not in standard modern speech.
- She had to stap the last shirt into the overflowing case.
- He would stap the pipe with tobacco before lighting it.
- The old recipe says to stap the goose with bread and onion.
- They stap the cracks in the wall with old rags.
- Stap it in tight, or the lid will not close.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STAP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STAP
The 4 tiles of STAP in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with STAP
Showing 24 of 40 words that begin with STAP.
Words with STAP inside
8 words contain STAP in the middle. Words that start with STAP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in STAP
Common questions about STAP
- Is STAP valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and STAP is not in it.
- How many points is STAP worth?
- STAP is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STAP mean?
- To stuff, thrust, or cram something forcefully into a space.
- What letters can be added to STAP?
- STAP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of STAP:
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