STIM is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. STIM 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept STIM?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STIM is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STIM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STIM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in STIM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about STIM
- The same 4 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 STIM mean in Scrabble?
noun
Irish
A very small amount of something.
Stim is an Irish English word used mainly to say that hardly any of something remains or was given, close in feeling to expressions like not a scrap or hardly a bit. Someone might say there was not a stim of food left after the party, meaning nothing worth mentioning remained. The word appears chiefly in Irish speech and dialect writing rather than in general standard English.
How STIM is used
Irish English; used mainly in speech to mean "hardly any", not common outside Ireland.
- There was not a stim of bread left in the house.
- He hadn't a stim of sense when it came to money.
- Not a stim of light showed under the door.
- She wouldn't give him a stim of sympathy.
- There isn't a stim of truth in that story.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STIM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STIM
The 4 tiles of STIM in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with STIM
Showing 24 of 33 words that begin with STIM.
Words with STIM inside
Showing 24 of 107 words that contain STIM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with STIM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in STIM
Common questions about STIM
- Is STIM valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and STIM is not in it.
- How many points is STIM worth?
- STIM is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STIM mean?
- A very small amount of something.
- What letters can be added to STIM?
- STIM takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of STIM:
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