STEEK is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. STEEK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STEEK?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STEEK is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STEEK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
steeksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STEEK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in STEEK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 47,530.
What stands out about STEEK
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 STEEK mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsarchaic
To shut, close, or fasten, as a door, gate, or window.
Steek is a Scots verb recorded mainly in older texts and regional speech, where a housewife might steek the door against the cold or a farmer might steek a gate behind the cattle. It comes from the same old root as the standard English word stitch, and in some dialects steek also meant to sew or fasten cloth together, showing how closing and stitching were once seen as related actions. The word survives today chiefly in dialect glossaries, in Scots literature, and in specialist knitting instructions, where it can describe a line of stitches meant to be cut open later. Outside Scotland and a handful of craft contexts, most English speakers would recognize steek only from a dictionary.
How STEEK is used
Archaic and Scots verb; largely displaced by shut and close in everyday English.
- She hurried to steek the door before the storm arrived.
- The old rhyme tells listeners to steek the gate at dusk.
- He would steek the shutters tight against the wind.
- In the poem, the miller steeks his mill at nightfall.
- Steek the window, the bairn is catching a chill.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STEEK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STEEK
The 5 tiles of STEEK in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with STEEK
4 longer words begin with STEEK.
Shorter words from the letters in STEEK
Common questions about STEEK
- Is STEEK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STEEK, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STEEK worth?
- STEEK is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STEEK mean?
- To shut, close, or fasten, as a door, gate, or window.
- What letters can be added to STEEK?
- STEEK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of STEEK:
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