STELE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. STELE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STELE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STELE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STELE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
stelesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STELE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in STELE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 11,883.
What stands out about STELE
- 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 STELE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
In botany, the central column of vascular tissue that runs through the stem and root of a plant, carrying water and nutrients.
The stele sits at the core of a stem or root and typically contains the xylem and phloem, the tissues responsible for moving water upward and food around the plant. Its structure varies between species and even changes as a single root or stem grows and matures, which makes the stele useful for identifying plants under a microscope. The same spelling, stele, is also used in archaeology as an alternative to stela for an inscribed standing stone, though that sense belongs to a different field entirely. Botanists usually make a thin cross-section of a stem to view the stele clearly.
How STELE is used
A technical term used mainly in botany textbooks and plant anatomy, distinct from the archaeological use of the same spelling.
- The stele carries water and nutrients through the centre of the stem.
- Botanists sliced the root to examine the stele under a microscope.
- In young seedlings the stele is often just a thin core of tissue.
- A ring of vascular bundles forms the stele in many flowering plants.
- The size of the stele can change as a root grows thicker.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STELE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STELE
The 5 tiles of STELE in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with STELE
2 longer words begin with STELE.
Words ending in STELE
5 words end in STELE. Useful as a back hook: play STELE onto a word already on the board.
Words with STELE inside
19 words contain STELE in the middle. Words that start with STELE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in STELE
Common questions about STELE
- Is STELE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STELE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STELE worth?
- STELE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STELE mean?
- In botany, the central column of vascular tissue that runs through the stem and root of a plant, carrying water and nutrients.
- What letters can be added to STELE?
- STELE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of STELE:
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