STED is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. STED 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 STED?
| 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 STED is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STED
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STED scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in STED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What does STED mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To help or be of use to someone, an archaic form of the word stead.
Sted is an older spelling of stead used in its verb sense, found in poets such as Spenser, where it meant to assist someone or to take the place of something needed. The noun stead, as in instead, comes from the same root.
How STED is used
Archaic and literary; not used in modern speech.
- The knight vowed his sword would sted her in battle.
- No charm could sted him against the coming storm.
- Friends who sted us in trouble are friends indeed.
- The old rhyme asks what gold can sted a dying man.
- He hoped the letter might sted his cause at court.
- Only her courage could sted the frightened travellers.
- A loyal servant will sted his master in times of need.
- The captain prayed that fair winds would sted their voyage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STED and 8 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see STED
- Sted shares its root with the modern word stead, as still seen in instead and homestead.
- The word appears in the poetry of Edmund Spenser, where archaic spellings such as sted were common.
Anagrams of STED
The 4 tiles of STED in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with STED
19 longer words begin with STED.
Words ending in STED
Showing 24 of 327 words that end in STED. Useful as a back hook: play STED onto a word already on the board.
Words with STED inside
Showing 24 of 25 words that contain STED somewhere in the middle. Words that start with STED are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in STED
Common questions about STED
- Is STED valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and STED is not in it.
- How many points is STED worth?
- STED is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STED mean?
- To help or be of use to someone, an archaic form of the word stead.
- What letters can be added to STED?
- STED takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of STED:
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