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

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6-letter words (4 found)

PASTES,SPATES,SPEATS,STAPES,

5-letter words (25 found)

APSES,ASSET,EASTS,PASES,PASSE,PASTE,PASTS,PATES,PEATS,PESTS,SATES,SEATS,SEPTA,SEPTS,SPAES,SPATE,SPATS,SPEAT,SPETS,STAPS,STEPS,TAPES,TASES,TASSE,TEPAS,

4-letter words (40 found)

APES,APSE,APTS,ASPS,ATES,EAST,EATS,ESTS,ETAS,PASE,PASS,PAST,PATE,PATS,PEAS,PEAT,PEST,PETS,PSST,SAPS,SATE,SEAS,SEAT,SEPS,SEPT,SETA,SETS,SPAE,SPAS,SPAT,SPET,STAP,STEP,TAES,TAPE,TAPS,TASE,TASS,TEAS,TEPA,

3-letter words (28 found)

APE,APT,ASP,ASS,ATE,ATS,EAS,EAT,ESS,EST,ETA,PAS,PAT,PEA,PES,PET,PST,SAE,SAP,SAT,SEA,SET,SPA,TAE,TAP,TAS,TEA,TES,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AS,AT,EA,ES,ET,PA,PE,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 109 words from stapes according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of stapes

stapes

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin stapēs (“stirrup”). Doublet of step.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsteɪ.piːz/

Noun

stapes (plural stapes or stapedes)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) A small stirrup-shaped innermost ossicle of the middle ear of mammals, transmitting vibrations from the incus to the inner ear.
    Synonym: stirrup
Related terms
  • stapedial
  • stapedo-, staped-
Translations

See also

  • bone

References

  • “stapes”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “stapes”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Etymology 2

Noun

stapes

  1. plural of stape

Anagrams

  • Pestas, aspets, et pass., pastes, sepats, spates, speats

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sta.pɛs/

Noun

stapes m (plural stapes)

  1. stapes
    Synonym: étrier

Anagrams

  • pestas

Latin

Alternative forms

  • stapia (rare)

Etymology

From a Germanic source, possibly Frankish *stap or Old High German stapf, staph (“step, stirrup”), both from Proto-Germanic *stapiz (“a step, rung (of a ladder)”). More at step.

Alternatively: Late Latin; possibly from stō (“to stand”) +‎ pēs (“foot”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsta.peːs/, [ˈs̠t̪äpeːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsta.pes/, [ˈst̪äːpes]

Noun

stapēs m (genitive stapedis); third declension (Medieval Latin)

  1. stirrup
  2. (anatomy) stapes (bone in the middle ear)

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • stapedius (adjective)

Descendants

References

  • stapes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • stapes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • stapes in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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