STERE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. STERE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STERE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STERE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STERE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STERE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in STERE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,922.
What stands out about STERE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 8 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 STERE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of volume equal to one cubic metre, traditionally used to measure a stack of cut firewood.
The stere belongs to the older metric system introduced in France, where wood merchants needed a practical unit for stacked logs rather than loose material. A single stere describes a pile measuring one metre in each direction, though loosely stacked wood contains more air and less actual timber than the same volume of solid material. The unit is now largely historical in most countries, replaced in everyday use by the cubic metre, but it still appears in some regional timber trading and older records. Firewood sellers who still use the stere often quote prices per stere rather than by weight.
How STERE is used
A specialised, mostly historical unit, met chiefly in older records and in some regional timber and firewood trade.
- The woodcutter sold firewood by the stere rather than the kilogram.
- One stere of logs filled most of the small shed.
- Old French records priced timber in steres.
- A stere is defined as a cube one metre on each side.
- The merchant measured the pile and called it two steres of wood.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STERE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STERE
The 5 tiles of STERE in a different order — 8 found.
Words starting with STERE
Showing 24 of 108 words that begin with STERE.
Words ending in STERE
4 words end in STERE. Useful as a back hook: play STERE onto a word already on the board.
Words with STERE inside
Showing 24 of 152 words that contain STERE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with STERE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in STERE
Common questions about STERE
- Is STERE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STERE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STERE worth?
- STERE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STERE mean?
- A unit of volume equal to one cubic metre, traditionally used to measure a stack of cut firewood.
- What letters can be added to STERE?
- STERE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of STERE:
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