STIPE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. STIPE 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 STIPE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STIPE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STIPE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STIPE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in STIPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about STIPE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 STIPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The stalk that supports the cap of a mushroom, or the similar supporting stem of a seaweed or fern frond.
A stipe holds the fruiting cap of a mushroom up off the ground, much as a plant stem holds up a flower, and mushroom identification guides describe its height, thickness and texture as carefully as they describe the cap itself. Seaweeds use the same word for the tough, often rubbery stalk that anchors the wider blade to the holdfast, letting the plant sway with the current instead of snapping. In ferns, the stipe is the lower, leafless part of the frond's stalk, and botanists use its length and scaliness to tell related species apart. The word comes from the Latin for a stalk or trunk, the same root that gave English words such as stipule.
How STIPE is used
A specialist botanical and mycological term, standard in field guides to mushrooms, seaweeds and ferns rather than in everyday speech.
- The mushroom's cap sat atop a thin, white stipe.
- He measured the stipe before recording the species in his notebook.
- The kelp's long stipe kept the wide blade anchored against the current.
- Botanists compared the scaly stipe of the fern to identify its variety.
- A ring of tissue circled the stipe just below the mushroom's cap.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STIPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STIPE
The 5 tiles of STIPE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with STIPE
13 longer words begin with STIPE.
Shorter words from the letters in STIPE
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Common questions about STIPE
- Is STIPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STIPE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STIPE worth?
- STIPE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STIPE mean?
- The stalk that supports the cap of a mushroom, or the similar supporting stem of a seaweed or fern frond.
- What letters can be added to STIPE?
- STIPE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of STIPE:
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