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Is stead a Scrabble word?

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

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Is stead a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word stead is a Words With Friends word. The word stead is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (7 found)

DATES,SATED,STADE,STEAD,TASED,TEADS,TSADE,

4-letter words (18 found)

ATES,DAES,DATE,EAST,EATS,ETAS,SADE,SATE,SEAT,SETA,STED,TADS,TAED,TAES,TASE,TEAD,TEAS,TEDS,

3-letter words (22 found)

ADS,ATE,ATS,DAE,DAS,EAS,EAT,EDS,EST,ETA,SAD,SAE,SAT,SEA,SED,SET,TAD,TAE,TAS,TEA,TED,TES,

2-letter words (13 found)

AD,AE,AS,AT,DA,DE,EA,ED,ES,ET,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 61 words from stead according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of stead

stead tsead setad estad tesad etsad staed tsaed sated asted tased atsed seatd esatd saetd asetd eastd aestd teasd etasd taesd atesd eatsd aetsd steda tseda setda estda tesda etsda stdea tsdea sdtea dstea tdsea dtsea sedta esdta sdeta dseta edsta desta tedsa etdsa tdesa dtesa edtsa detsa stade tsade satde astde tasde atsde stdae tsdae sdtae dstae tdsae dtsae sadte asdte sdate dsate adste daste tadse atdse tdase dtase adtse datse seadt esadt saedt asedt easdt aesdt sedat esdat sdeat dseat edsat desat sadet asdet sdaet dsaet adset daset eadst aedst edast deast adest daest teads etads taeds ateds eatds aetds tedas etdas tdeas dteas edtas detas tades atdes tdaes dtaes adtes dates eadts aedts edats deats adets daets

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Definitions and meaning of stead

stead

Pronunciation

  • enPR: stěd, IPA(key): /stɛd/
  • Rhymes: -ɛd

Etymology 1

From Middle English sted, stede (noun) and steden (verb), from Old English stede, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis.

Noun

stead (plural steads)

  1. (obsolete) A place, or spot, in general. [10th–16th c.]
  2. (obsolete) A place where a person normally rests; a seat. [10th–18th c.]
  3. (obsolete) An inhabited place; a settlement, city, town etc. [13th–16th c.]
  4. (obsolete) An estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead. [14th–19th c.]
  5. (obsolete) The frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead. [15th–19th c.]
  6. (in phrases, now literary) The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor. [from 15th c.]
  7. (figurative) An emotional or circumstantial "place" having specified advantages, qualities etc. (now only in phrases). [from 15th c.]
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Verb

stead (third-person singular simple present steads, present participle steading, simple past and past participle steaded)

  1. (obsolete) To help, support, benefit or assist; to be helpful.
  2. (obsolete) To fill the stead or place of something.
Derived terms
  • bestead
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Etymology 2

Clipping of steady.

Noun

stead (plural steads)

  1. (Singapore, colloquial) One's partner in a romantic relationship.

Anagrams

  • AEDST, Deats, Stade, TASed, asdet, dates, desat, sadet, sated, stade, tased, tsade

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