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Is staid a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word staid is a Scrabble US word. The word staid is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is staid a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word staid is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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5-letter words (4 found)

ADITS,DITAS,STAID,TSADI,

4-letter words (15 found)

ADIT,AIDS,AITS,DAIS,DISA,DITA,DITS,ITAS,SADI,SAID,SATI,SIDA,TADS,TAIS,TIDS,

3-letter words (20 found)

ADS,AID,AIS,AIT,ATS,DAS,DIS,DIT,IDS,ITA,ITS,SAD,SAI,SAT,SIT,TAD,TAI,TAS,TID,TIS,

2-letter words (13 found)

AD,AI,AS,AT,DA,DI,ID,IS,IT,SI,ST,TA,TI,

You can make 52 words from staid according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of staid

staid tsaid satid astid tasid atsid stiad tsiad sitad istad tisad itsad saitd asitd siatd isatd aistd iastd taisd atisd tiasd itasd aitsd iatsd stadi tsadi satdi astdi tasdi atsdi stdai tsdai sdtai dstai tdsai dtsai sadti asdti sdati dsati adsti dasti tadsi atdsi tdasi dtasi adtsi datsi stida tsida sitda istda tisda itsda stdia tsdia sdtia dstia tdsia dtsia sidta isdta sdita dsita idsta dista tidsa itdsa tdisa dtisa idtsa ditsa saidt asidt siadt isadt aisdt iasdt sadit asdit sdait dsait adsit dasit sidat isdat sdiat dsiat idsat disat aidst iadst adist daist idast diast taids atids tiads itads aitds iatds tadis atdis tdais dtais adtis datis tidas itdas tdias dtias idtas ditas aidts iadts adits daits idats diats

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Definitions and meaning of staid

staid

Etymology

From an obsolete spelling of stayed, the past participle of stay, used as an adjective.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /steɪd/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /sted/
  • Rhymes: -eɪd
  • Homophone: stayed (except Scotland)

Adjective

staid (comparative staider, superlative staidest)

  1. Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.
    Synonyms: composed, dignified, regular, steady; see also Thesaurus:serious, Thesaurus:temperate
    Antonyms: fanciful, unpredictable, volatile, wild
  2. (rare) Always fixed in the same location; stationary.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

staid

  1. Obsolete spelling of stayed

References

Anagrams

  • Adsit, adits, tsadi

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠt̪ˠadʲ/

Etymology 1

From Latin stadium, from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion).

Noun

staid f (genitive singular staide, nominative plural staideanna)

  1. stadium (venue where sporting events are held; Greek measure of length)
  2. furlong
Declension
Synonyms
  • staidiam

Etymology 2

From Latin statiō.

Noun

staid f (genitive singular staide, nominative plural staideanna)

  1. state, condition
Declension
Derived terms
  • soladstaid, staid sholadach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish stait, from Latin statiō. Compare Irish stáid — possibly from the same source, though MacBain suggests the Modern Irish term may be a direct loan from English state — and Welsh ystad, which instead comes from Latin status.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /statʲ/

Noun

staid f (genitive singular staide, plural staidean)

  1. condition, state, circumstance
    Bha e ann an droch staid air an latha sin. ― He was in a bad state that day.
  2. estate

Synonyms

  • cor

Mutation

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “staid”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[5], Stirling, →ISBN

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