STRESS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. STRESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STRESS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STRESS is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STRESS
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
stressyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How STRESS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in STRESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about STRESS
- STRESS gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
- STRESS 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 STRESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A state of mental or physical tension caused by difficult or demanding circumstances, or the pressure that causes it.
Stress names both the outside pressure pressing on someone and the strained feeling that pressure produces, so a person can suffer stress at work while a beam in a bridge suffers stress under a heavy load. In psychology and medicine the word describes a real physical response, including raised heart rate and hormone changes, that builds up under prolonged worry or overwork. Linguists use the very same word quite differently, for the extra force or emphasis placed on one syllable of a word when it is spoken. Engineers, meanwhile, measure stress precisely as a physical force acting on a material, a sense distinct from but closely related to strain.
How STRESS is used
Extremely common in everyday speech for emotional pressure, and also a precise technical term in physics, engineering and linguistics.
- Constant deadlines put her under enormous stress.
- The engineer calculated the stress on the support beam.
- In this word, stress falls on the first syllable.
- Doctors warned that ongoing stress can affect sleep.
- He tried yoga to cope with the stress of moving house.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STRESS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STRESS
18 longer words begin with STRESS.
Shorter words from the letters in STRESS
Common questions about STRESS
- Is STRESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STRESS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STRESS worth?
- STRESS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STRESS mean?
- A state of mental or physical tension caused by difficult or demanding circumstances, or the pressure that causes it.
- What letters can be added to STRESS?
- STRESS takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of STRESS:
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