STEN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. STEN 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 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept STEN?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STEN is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STEN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STEN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in STEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What stands out about STEN
- The same 4 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 STEN mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To walk or move with long, vigorous strides.
Sten belongs to the same family as stend, a Scots verb for covering ground in long steps rather than an ordinary walk. It describes the stride itself — purposeful and a little hurried — and it survives almost entirely in dialect writing rather than in everyday speech.
How STEN is used
Intransitive: he stens across the yard. Also spelled stend, which is the commoner form.
- He stened across the field without slowing down.
- She stens when she is angry and ambles when she is not.
- The dog stened ahead of him the whole way home.
- They stened over the stile one after another.
- A man who stens like that has somewhere to be.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STEN
The 4 tiles of STEN in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with STEN
Showing 24 of 96 words that begin with STEN.
Words ending in STEN
18 words end in STEN. Useful as a back hook: play STEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with STEN inside
Showing 24 of 222 words that contain STEN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with STEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in STEN
Common questions about STEN
- Is STEN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and STEN is not in it.
- How many points is STEN worth?
- STEN is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STEN mean?
- To walk or move with long, vigorous strides.
- What letters can be added to STEN?
- STEN takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of STEN:
Open STEN in the Word Finder