STOSS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. STOSS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STOSS?
| 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: 22 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STOSS is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STOSS
No single letter turns STOSS into another word.
How STOSS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in STOSS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What stands out about STOSS
- STOSS 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 STOSS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the side of a hill, rock, or landform that faces the direction from which a glacier or ice sheet advanced.
Stoss marks out which part of a rock or hill met moving ice head-on as a glacier crept across the land. Geologists pair the term with lee to describe two contrasting faces on the same ridge or outcrop: the stoss part is typically worn gently smooth, while the sheltered lee part, on the far side, is left steeper and more broken by plucking. The word comes from a German root meaning push or thrust, reflecting the pressure the ice exerted as it crept over the rock. Field geologists compare the stoss and lee parts of a single rock to work out which way an ice sheet once travelled.
How STOSS is used
Technical; used mainly by geologists and geographers describing glacially shaped landforms, rarely heard outside that field.
- The stoss slope of the outcrop was worn smooth by the passing ice.
- Geologists compared the stoss and lee sides of the ridge to trace the glacier's path.
- On the stoss face the striations ran parallel to the direction of ice flow.
- A gentle stoss incline led up to the abrupt, plucked lee side of the hill.
- The map marked each stoss surface with an arrow showing the old direction of movement.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STOSS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STOSS
1 longer words begin with STOSS.
Shorter words from the letters in STOSS
Common questions about STOSS
- Is STOSS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STOSS, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STOSS worth?
- STOSS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STOSS mean?
- Relating to the side of a hill, rock, or landform that faces the direction from which a glacier or ice sheet advanced.
- What letters can be added to STOSS?
- No single letter can be added to STOSS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of STOSS:
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