Stair in Scrabble and Meaning

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You can make 64 words from stair according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of stair

stair tsair satir astir tasir atsir stiar tsiar sitar istar tisar itsar saitr asitr siatr isatr aistr iastr taisr atisr tiasr itasr aitsr iatsr stari tsari satri astri tasri atsri strai tsrai srtai rstai trsai rtsai sarti asrti srati rsati arsti rasti tarsi atrsi trasi rtasi artsi ratsi stira tsira sitra istra tisra itsra stria tsria srtia rstia trsia rtsia sirta isrta srita rsita irsta rista tirsa itrsa trisa rtisa irtsa ritsa sairt asirt siart isart aisrt iasrt sarit asrit srait rsait arsit rasit sirat israt sriat rsiat irsat risat airst iarst arist raist irast riast tairs atirs tiars itars aitrs iatrs taris atris trais rtais artis ratis tiras itras trias rtias irtas ritas airts iarts arits raits irats riats

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word stair. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in stair.

Definitions and meaning of stair

stair

Etymology

From Middle English steire, staire, stayre, stayer, steir, steyre, steyer, from Old English stǣġer (“stair, staircase”), from Proto-Germanic *staigriz (“stairs, scaffolding”), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to walk, proceed, march, climb”). Cognate with Dutch steiger (“a stair, step, wharf, pier, scaffolding”), Middle Low German steiger, steir (“scaffolding”), German Low German Steiger (“a scaffold; trestle”). Related to Old English āstǣġan (“to ascend, go up, embark”), Old English stīġan (“to go, move, reach; ascend, mount, go up, spring up, rise; scale”), German Stiege (“a flight of stairs”). More at sty.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /stɛɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /stɛə/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
• Homophone: stare

Noun

stair (plural stairs)

2. A single step in a staircase.

   Synonym: step

4. A series of steps; a staircase.

Usage notes

• Stairs and stair are used to refer to a single staircase, mostly interchangeably in the UK.

Synonyms

• (Cockney rhyming slang) apples and pears

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• ladder
• landing
• scaffold

Anagrams

• ISTAR, Ritsa, Sarti, Sitar, Trias, airts, arist, astir, sitar, stria, tarsi, tiars, tisar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish stoir, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā). Doublet of stór.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠt̪ˠaɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠt̪ˠæɾʲ/

Noun

stair f (genitive singular staire, nominative plural startha)

1. history
2. account, story
3. (literary) repute, fame

Declension

Derived terms

• bréagstair
• stairiúil

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “stair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “stair” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “stair” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32