STYMIE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. STYMIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STYMIE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STYMIE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STYMIE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STYMIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in STYMIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does STYMIE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To block or frustrate someone or something so that it cannot go forward.
Stymie comes from golf, where a stymie was the situation in which an opponent's ball lay on the line between your ball and the hole. Golfers lost the rule long ago, but the word survived as a general verb for being blocked at the worst moment. It now appears most often in news about plans, talks or investigations that have been brought to a halt.
How STYMIE is used
Common in news and business writing; also spelled stimy and stymy.
- A lack of funds could stymie the whole project.
- The new rules stymie small firms trying to expand.
- Heavy fog threatened to stymie the rescue effort.
- Delays continued to stymie the peace talks.
- He hoped a clever argument would stymie his rival.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STYMIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STYMIE
3 longer words begin with STYMIE.
Shorter words from the letters in STYMIE
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Common questions about STYMIE
- Is STYMIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STYMIE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STYMIE worth?
- STYMIE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STYMIE mean?
- To block or frustrate someone or something so that it cannot go forward.
- What letters can be added to STYMIE?
- STYMIE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of STYMIE:
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