STEMMA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. STEMMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STEMMA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STEMMA is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STEMMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
stemmasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STEMMA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in STEMMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does STEMMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A diagram showing how surviving manuscript copies of a text descend from one another, or a recorded family tree.
Scholars who edit ancient and medieval books draw a stemma to work out which handwritten copies were made from which, so they can recover the likeliest original wording. The idea resembles a family tree, and the word is Greek for a garland or wreath, later extended to a pedigree. In ancient Rome a stemma could be a scroll or painted display of ancestors hung in a noble house. The plural is stemmata.
How STEMMA is used
Technical term in textual criticism and in the study of genealogy.
- The editor published a stemma of the twelve surviving manuscripts.
- Her thesis begins with a stemma showing how the copies relate.
- In the stemma, manuscript B descends from a lost copy.
- A Roman family might display a painted stemma in the hall.
- The stemma explained why the two versions share the same error.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STEMMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STEMMA
4 longer words begin with STEMMA.
Shorter words from the letters in STEMMA
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Common questions about STEMMA
- Is STEMMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STEMMA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STEMMA worth?
- STEMMA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STEMMA mean?
- A diagram showing how surviving manuscript copies of a text descend from one another, or a recorded family tree.
- What letters can be added to STEMMA?
- STEMMA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of STEMMA:
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