STIME is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. STIME 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 STIME?
| 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 STIME is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STIME
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STIME scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in STIME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about STIME
- The same 5 tiles also spell 6 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 STIME mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
The smallest visible trace of something, or a faint gleam of light; in Scots and northern speech, most often used to say that not the least bit of something can be seen.
Stime survives mainly in the phrase not a stime, said when someone can make out nothing at all in the dark, on a distant horizon, or in a confusing muddle of writing. The word doubles as a verb in older Scots speech, where to stime means to peer or squint, straining the eyes to catch even the faintest trace of something half hidden. Dictionaries also list the spelling styme for the same word, and the two forms have been used interchangeably for centuries in Scotland and parts of Ireland. Because a stime is defined by how little of it there is, the word rarely appears describing something a speaker actually saw clearly.
How STIME is used
A Scots and Irish English dialect word, almost always used in the negative, as in not a stime, to mean nothing at all could be seen.
- It was so dark in the cellar that he could not see a stime.
- She squinted through the fog but caught only a stime of the lighthouse.
- Not a stime of sense could be found in his rambling excuse.
- The old fisherman said he could stime a boat on the horizon long before anyone else.
- Through the thick curtains, only a stime of daylight reached the room.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STIME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STIME
The 5 tiles of STIME in a different order — 6 found.
Words starting with STIME
2 longer words begin with STIME.
Words ending in STIME
2 words end in STIME. Useful as a back hook: play STIME onto a word already on the board.
Words with STIME inside
8 words contain STIME in the middle. Words that start with STIME are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in STIME
Showing 40 of 42. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about STIME
- Is STIME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STIME, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STIME worth?
- STIME is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STIME mean?
- The smallest visible trace of something, or a faint gleam of light; in Scots and northern speech, most often used to say that not the least bit of something can be seen.
- What letters can be added to STIME?
- STIME takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of STIME:
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