STOCKS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. STOCKS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STOCKS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STOCKS is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STOCKS
No single letter turns STOCKS into another word.
How STOCKS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in STOCKS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,070 thousand.
What stands out about STOCKS
- STOCKS gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
- STOCKS 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 STOCKS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A wooden frame with holes in which the feet, and sometimes the hands, of an offender were locked as public punishment; also shares in companies.
In history books the stocks were a public punishment: the offender sat locked in place in the village square while neighbours watched. The same plural form is also used in finance for shares of companies traded on an exchange, so the meaning depends on the sentence. The word has its own entries in both senses and is not merely the plural of stock.
How STOCKS is used
Plural in both senses; historical for the punishment, current for shares.
- The thief was put in the stocks for an afternoon.
- Visitors can still see the old stocks beside the church.
- She bought stocks in two small energy companies.
- Stocks fell sharply when the news broke.
- The museum shows how the stocks were used as punishment.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STOCKS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in STOCKS
Common questions about STOCKS
- Is STOCKS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STOCKS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STOCKS worth?
- STOCKS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STOCKS mean?
- A wooden frame with holes in which the feet, and sometimes the hands, of an offender were locked as public punishment; also shares in companies.
- What letters can be added to STOCKS?
- No single letter can be added to STOCKS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of STOCKS:
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