STENTOR is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. STENTOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STENTOR?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STENTOR is to know. It scores 7 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STENTOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
stentorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STENTOR scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in STENTOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 77,197.
What stands out about STENTOR
- The same 7 tiles also spell 2 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 STENTOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A person with an unusually loud, powerful voice.
The word comes from a Greek herald in the Iliad whose voice was as loud as fifty men. A stentor needs no microphone. Biology also uses the name for a trumpet-shaped freshwater single-celled creature.
How STENTOR is used
Stentor is a literary noun, and its adjective stentorian is far more common today.
- The coach was a stentor whose shout carried across the field.
- A stentor in the back row drowned out the choir.
- Under the microscope, a stentor looks like a tiny trumpet.
- The town crier was a real stentor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STENTOR and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STENTOR
The 7 tiles of STENTOR in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with STENTOR
2 longer words begin with STENTOR.
Shorter words from the letters in STENTOR
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Common questions about STENTOR
- Is STENTOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STENTOR, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STENTOR worth?
- STENTOR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STENTOR mean?
- A person with an unusually loud, powerful voice.
- What letters can be added to STENTOR?
- STENTOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of STENTOR:
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