STEAR is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. STEAR 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 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept STEAR?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STEAR is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STEAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STEAR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in STEAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,841.
What stands out about STEAR
- The same 5 tiles also spell 12 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 STEAR mean in Scrabble?
verb
obsolete
To guide or direct the course of something; an obsolete spelling of steer.
Stear appears in older texts where a helmsman or driver would stear a boat, cart, or course toward a destination. The spelling later settled into the modern form steer, though the meaning has not changed at all.
How STEAR is used
An old spelling found in historical texts rather than modern writing.
- He learned to stear the small boat against the current.
- The old manual explained how to stear a laden cart.
- She had to stear carefully around the rocks.
- The captain ordered the crew to stear due north.
- It took skill to stear the wagon down the steep track.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STEAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STEAR
The 5 tiles of STEAR in a different order — 12 found.
Words starting with STEAR
21 longer words begin with STEAR.
Words with STEAR inside
3 words contain STEAR in the middle. Words that start with STEAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in STEAR
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Common questions about STEAR
- Is STEAR valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and STEAR is not in it.
- How many points is STEAR worth?
- STEAR is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STEAR mean?
- To guide or direct the course of something; an obsolete spelling of steer.
- What letters can be added to STEAR?
- STEAR takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of STEAR:
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