1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Stanza in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does stanza mean? Is stanza a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is stanza worth? stanza how many points in Words With Friends? What does stanza mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for stanza

See how to calculate how many points for stanza.

Is stanza a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word stanza is a Scrabble US word. The word stanza is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

S1T1A1N1Z10A1

Is stanza a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word stanza is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

S1T1A1N1Z10A1

Is stanza a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word stanza is a Words With Friends word. The word stanza is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1T1A1N2Z10A1

Our tools

Valid words made from Stanza

Jump to...

Results

6-letter words (2 found)

ANSATZ,STANZA,

5-letter words (3 found)

ANTAS,AZANS,TANAS,

4-letter words (9 found)

ANAS,ANSA,ANTA,ANTS,AZAN,NATS,SANT,TANA,TANS,

3-letter words (13 found)

AAS,ANA,ANS,ANT,ATS,NAS,NAT,SAN,SAT,SAZ,TAN,TAS,ZAS,

2-letter words (8 found)

AA,AN,AS,AT,NA,ST,TA,ZA,

You can make 35 words from stanza according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of stanza

stanza

Etymology

From Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin stāns, stantis, from stō, stāre, from Proto-Italic *staēō, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti, stative verb from *steh₂- (whence English stand). Doublet of stance.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstænzə/
  • Rhymes: -ænzə

Noun

stanza (plural stanzas)

  1. A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.
  2. (architecture) An apartment or division in a building.
  3. (computing) An XML element which acts as basic unit of meaning in XMPP.
  4. (computing) A section of a configuration file consisting of a related group of lines.
  5. (broadcasting) A segment; a portion of a broadcast devoted to a particular topic.
  6. (sports) A period; an interval into which a sporting event is divided.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • stance
  • stand

Translations

See also

  • strophe

Anagrams

  • ansatz

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin stantem, from stāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstan.t͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -antsa
  • Hyphenation: stàn‧za

Noun

stanza f (plural stanze)

  1. room
    Synonyms: camera, sala
  2. stanza

Descendants

  • → Old French: estance
    • → Middle English: staunce
      • English: stance
  • → English: stanza

Middle Norwegian

Etymology

Related to Old Norse standa.

Verb

stanza

  1. to stop

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stanse, stansa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stanse

References

  • “stanza” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • stànza (Sutsilvan)
  • staunza (Puter)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin stāns, stantis, from stō, stāre, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Noun

stanza f (plural stanzas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) room

Synonyms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) chombra
  • (Sursilvan) combra
  • (Surmiran) tgombra

Source: wiktionary.org