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Is stagger a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word stagger is a Scrabble US word. The word stagger is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is stagger a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word stagger is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Is stagger a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word stagger is a Words With Friends word. The word stagger is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (4 found)

GAGSTER,GARGETS,STAGGER,TAGGERS,

6-letter words (15 found)

AGGERS,EGGARS,GAGERS,GARGET,GASTER,GATERS,GRASTE,GRATES,GREATS,RETAGS,SAGGER,SEGGAR,STAGER,TAGGER,TARGES,

5-letter words (37 found)

AGERS,AGGER,ARETS,ASTER,EARST,EGGAR,GAGER,GAGES,GARES,GATER,GATES,GEARS,GEATS,GETAS,GRATE,GREAT,RAGES,RAGGS,RATES,REAST,RESAT,RETAG,SAGER,SARGE,SEGAR,STAGE,STARE,STEAR,STRAE,STRAG,TARES,TARGE,TASER,TEARS,TEGGS,TERAS,TERGA,

4-letter words (62 found)

AGER,AGES,AREG,ARES,ARET,ARSE,ARTS,ATES,EARS,EAST,EATS,EGGS,ERAS,ERGS,ERST,ETAS,GAES,GAGE,GAGS,GARE,GARS,GART,GAST,GATE,GATS,GEAR,GEAT,GERS,GERT,GEST,GETA,GETS,GRAT,RAGE,RAGG,RAGS,RASE,RAST,RATE,RATS,REGS,REST,RETS,SAGE,SATE,SEAR,SEAT,SERA,SETA,STAG,STAR,TAES,TAGS,TARE,TARS,TASE,TEAR,TEAS,TEGG,TEGS,TRES,TSAR,

3-letter words (44 found)

AGE,AGS,ARE,ARS,ART,ATE,ATS,EAR,EAS,EAT,EGG,ERA,ERG,ERS,EST,ETA,GAE,GAG,GAR,GAS,GAT,GER,GET,RAG,RAS,RAT,REG,RES,RET,SAE,SAG,SAR,SAT,SEA,SEG,SER,SET,TAE,TAG,TAR,TAS,TEA,TEG,TES,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AG,AR,AS,AT,EA,ER,ES,ET,RE,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 176 words from stagger according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of stagger

stagger

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstæɡə/　
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstæɡɚ/
  • Rhymes: -æɡə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English stageren, stakeren, from Old Norse stakra (“to push, stagger”). Cognate with dialectal Danish stagre.

Noun

stagger (plural staggers)

  1. An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
    • 7 October 2012, Paolo Bandini in The Guardian, Denver Broncos 21 New England Patriots 31 - as it happened
      Put down the rosary beads folks, I believe hell may just have frozen over. Peyton Manning drops back, sees nothing open and runs for a first down. If you can call that running. More like the stagger of a wounded rhino. Did the job, though
  2. (veterinary medicine) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling.
  3. Bewilderment; perplexity.
  4. The spacing out of various actions over time.
    • 19 April 2016, Rachel Roddy in The Guardian, Rachel Roddy’s Roman spring vegetable stew recipe
      I don’t include cured pork, although it is very nice, and rather than putting everything in the pan at once I prefer a stagger of ingredients, which ensures each one gets the right amount of time.
  5. (motor racing) The difference in circumference between the left and right tires on a racing vehicle. It is used on oval tracks to make the car turn better in the corners.
  6. (aviation) The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.
Translations

Verb

stagger (third-person singular simple present staggers, present participle staggering, simple past and past participle staggered)

  1. To sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
    1. (intransitive) In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.
    2. (transitive) To cause to reel or totter.
    3. (intransitive) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
      • 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation
      The enemy staggers.
  2. Doubt, waver, be shocked.
    1. (intransitive) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
    2. (transitive) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
  3. (transitive) Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).
    1. To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.
    2. To arrange similar objects such that each is ahead or above and to one side of the next.
    3. To schedule in intervals or at different times.
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Etymology 2

stag +‎ -er

Noun

stagger (plural staggers)

  1. (UK) One who attends a stag night.

References

Anagrams

  • gagster, gargets, taggers

Source: wiktionary.org