STEEN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. STEEN 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 accept it.
Which word lists accept STEEN?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STEEN is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STEEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
steensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STEEN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in STEEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,922.
What stands out about STEEN
- The same 5 tiles also spell 6 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 STEEN mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialecttechnical
To line a well, shaft, or cistern with brick or stone.
Steen describes the practical building work of fitting hard lining material into a dug well or pit so the sides do not collapse and the water stays clean. Builders and well-diggers used the term long before more general words like line took over in everyday speech.
How STEEN is used
Found in older building and well-digging texts rather than modern usage.
- The workers spent a week lining the shaft as they moved to steen it properly.
- Old records show the villagers paid a mason to steen the new well.
- They chose brick rather than stone to steen the narrow cistern.
- The manual explains how to steen a shaft without weakening the walls.
- It took three men two days to steen the deepest part of the well.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STEEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STEEN
The 5 tiles of STEEN in a different order — 6 found.
Words starting with STEEN
12 longer words begin with STEEN.
Words ending in STEEN
2 words end in STEEN. Useful as a back hook: play STEEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with STEEN inside
2 words contain STEEN in the middle. Words that start with STEEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in STEEN
Common questions about STEEN
- Is STEEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STEEN, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STEEN worth?
- STEEN is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STEEN mean?
- To line a well, shaft, or cistern with brick or stone.
- What letters can be added to STEEN?
- STEEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of STEEN:
Open STEEN in the Word Finder