STIMULUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. STIMULUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STIMULUS?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STIMULUS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STIMULUS
No single letter turns STIMULUS into another word.
How STIMULUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in STIMULUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STIMULUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about STIMULUS
- STIMULUS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does STIMULUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Something that rouses a person, an animal or an organ to action or response.
In psychology and biology a stimulus is whatever triggers a reaction, such as a sound that makes an animal turn. In economics a stimulus is government spending meant to revive activity. The plural is stimuli.
How STIMULUS is used
Stimulus is used for physical triggers, for motives and for economic measures.
- A loud noise is a stimulus that makes a cat jump.
- The hope of reward was a strong stimulus to his work.
- The government announced a stimulus to boost the economy.
- Each stimulus was shown on the screen for one second.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STIMULUS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in STIMULUS
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Common questions about STIMULUS
- Is STIMULUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STIMULUS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STIMULUS worth?
- STIMULUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STIMULUS mean?
- Something that rouses a person, an animal or an organ to action or response.
- What letters can be added to STIMULUS?
- No single letter can be added to STIMULUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of STIMULUS:
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