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Is stance a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word stance is a Scrabble US word. The word stance is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is stance a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word stance is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

S1T1A1N1C3E1

Is stance a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word stance is a Words With Friends word. The word stance is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (5 found)

ASCENT,CENTAS,ENACTS,SECANT,STANCE,

5-letter words (21 found)

ACNES,ANCES,ANTES,CANES,CANST,CANTS,CASTE,CATES,CENTS,CESTA,ENACT,ETNAS,NATES,NEATS,SCANT,SCEAT,SCENA,SCENT,STANE,STEAN,TACES,

4-letter words (50 found)

ACES,ACNE,ACTS,AESC,ANCE,ANES,ANTE,ANTS,ATES,CANE,CANS,CANT,CASE,CAST,CATE,CATS,CEAS,CENS,CENT,EANS,EAST,EATS,ENTS,ETAS,ETNA,NAES,NATS,NEAT,NEST,NETS,SANE,SANT,SATE,SCAN,SCAT,SEAN,SEAT,SECT,SENA,SENT,SETA,STEN,TACE,TAES,TANE,TANS,TASE,TEAS,TECS,TENS,

3-letter words (34 found)

ACE,ACT,ANE,ANS,ANT,ATE,ATS,CAN,CAT,EAN,EAS,EAT,ENS,EST,ETA,NAE,NAS,NAT,NET,SAC,SAE,SAN,SAT,SEA,SEC,SEN,SET,TAE,TAN,TAS,TEA,TEC,TEN,TES,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AN,AS,AT,EA,EN,ES,ET,NA,NE,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 124 words from stance according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of stance

stance

Etymology

From Middle English staunce (“place to stand; battle station; position; standing in society; circumstance, situation; stanchion”), from Old French estance (“predicament; situation; sojourn, stay”) (compare modern French stance (“stanza; position one stands in when golfing”)), from Italian stanza (“room, standing place; stanza”), from Vulgar Latin *stantia, from Latin stō (“to stand; to remain, stay”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”). The word is cognate with Spanish estante (“shelf”) and a doublet of stanza.

The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stɑːns/, /stæns/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːns
  • (General American) IPA(key): /stæns/, [stɛəns]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /stæns/, [stɛːns]
  • (Cultivated Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /staːns/, [stɐːns]
  • Rhymes: -æns

Noun

stance (plural stances)

  1. The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.
  2. One's opinion or point of view.
    Synonyms: position, posture, stand
  3. A place to stand; a position, a site, a station.
    1. (specifically, climbing) A foothold or ledge on which to set up a belay.
  4. (Scotland) A place for buses or taxis to await passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank.
    Synonym: stand
  5. (Scotland) A place where a fair or market is held; a location where a street trader can carry on business.
    Synonym: stand
  6. (obsolete, rare) A stanza.

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Verb

stance (third-person singular simple present stances, present participle stancing, simple past and past participle stanced)

  1. (transitive, Scotland) To place, to position, to station; (specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or pen in preparation for sale.

References

Further reading

  • stance (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “stance”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “stance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • ascent, casten, enacts, scante, secant

Source: wiktionary.org