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Is stably a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word stably is a Scrabble US word. The word stably is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is stably a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word stably is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

S1T1A1B3L1Y4

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Yes. The word stably is a Words With Friends word. The word stably is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

BLASTY,STABLY,

5-letter words (6 found)

BAYTS,BLAST,BLATS,BLAYS,SALTY,SLATY,

4-letter words (23 found)

ABLY,ABYS,ALBS,ALTS,BALS,BAST,BATS,BAYS,BAYT,BLAT,BLAY,LABS,LAST,LATS,LAYS,SALT,SLAB,SLAT,SLAY,STAB,STAY,TABS,TAYS,

3-letter words (26 found)

ABS,ABY,ALB,ALS,ALT,ATS,AYS,BAL,BAS,BAT,BAY,BYS,LAB,LAS,LAT,LAY,SAB,SAL,SAT,SAY,SLY,STY,TAB,TAS,TAY,YAS,

2-letter words (11 found)

AB,AL,AS,AT,AY,BA,BY,LA,ST,TA,YA,

You can make 68 words from stably according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of stably

stably

Etymology 1

stable +‎ -ly

Adverb

stably (comparative more stably, superlative most stably)

  1. In a stable manner.
    Antonym: unstably
    • 2001, Bank of Japan, New Procedures for Money Market Operations and Monetary Easing, March 19 2001
      The new procedures for money market operations continue to be in place until the consumer price index (excluding perishables, on a nationwide statistics) registers stably a zero percent or an increase year on year.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English stablie, from Anglo-Norman stablie.

Noun

stably (uncountable)

  1. (hunting, historical) A medieval hunting practice in which a group of hunters and hounds are stationed around the perimeter of a wood during a hunt to prevent the escape of the game.
    • 2011, Yale University Library[1], notes on: William Twiti (d. 1328), The craft of venery:
      Additions to the present manuscript found in no other contemporary manuscripts include passages on blowing the "prise", an account of fox-hunting, and a section on hunting with bow and stably (in which deer are driven past ready bowmen).
    • 2011, John B. Friedman, review of: David Scott-Macnab, The Middle English Text of The Art of Hunting by William Twiti. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, vol. 110, no. 4, pp. 545-547:
      Twiti's discussion of hunting deer with bow and a pack of greyhounds (or “stably”) to drive them past the waiting archers is similar, for example, to that in Gawain and the Green Knight, and such hunting practices are referred to in Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde, The Book of the Duchess, and The Franklin's Tale.

Anagrams

  • blasty

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