STEAM is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. STEAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STEAM?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STEAM is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STEAM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STEAM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in STEAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about STEAM
- The same 5 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 STEAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
The hot vapour that water turns into when heated to boiling point, or, more broadly, the power and energy associated with it.
Boil a kettle long enough and the liquid inside changes into a hot, rushing mist that billows upward and fogs any cool surface nearby, the everyday sense most people picture first. Nineteenth-century engineers harnessed that same rushing force to drive pistons and turn wheels, and the resulting steam engine powered trains, ships and factories throughout the Industrial Revolution, giving the whole era its nickname, the age of steam. The word survives in figurative phrases such as to let off steam, meaning to release pent-up frustration, and to run out of steam, meaning to lose the drive needed to keep going. As a verb, to steam food means cooking it above rising mist rather than inside a pot of liquid, while a ship or train said to steam somewhere travels there under its own power, an expression that has outlived the engines which first inspired it.
How STEAM is used
Extremely common in everyday cooking and physics, with well-established figurative uses such as letting off steam or running out of steam.
- Steam rose from the pan as the vegetables cooked.
- The old steam engine pulled the train slowly out of the station.
- He went for a run just to let off steam after work.
- The project ran out of steam before it was ever finished.
- Windows fogged with steam from the hot bath.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STEAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STEAM
The 5 tiles of STEAM in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with STEAM
Showing 24 of 34 words that begin with STEAM.
Words with STEAM inside
2 words contain STEAM in the middle. Words that start with STEAM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in STEAM
Showing 40 of 67. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about STEAM
- Is STEAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STEAM, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STEAM worth?
- STEAM is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STEAM mean?
- The hot vapour that water turns into when heated to boiling point, or, more broadly, the power and energy associated with it.
- What letters can be added to STEAM?
- STEAM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of STEAM:
Open STEAM in the Word Finder