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Yes. The word stell is a Scrabble US word. The word stell is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word stell is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

STELL,TELLS,

4-letter words (7 found)

ELLS,ELTS,LEST,LETS,SELL,TELL,TELS,

3-letter words (10 found)

ELL,ELS,ELT,EST,LES,LET,SEL,SET,TEL,TES,

2-letter words (5 found)

EL,ES,ET,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 25 words from stell according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of stell

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Definitions and meaning of stell

stell

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From Middle English stellen, from Old English stellan (to give a place to, set, place), from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan (to put, position), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (to place, put, post, stand). Cognate with Dutch stellen (to set, put), Low German stellen (to put, place, fix), German stellen (to set, place, provide), Old English steall (position, place). More at stall.

Verb

stell (third-person singular simple present stells, present participle stelling, simple past and past participle stelled or stold)

  1. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To portray; delineate; display.

Etymology 2

Alteration of stall, after the verb to stell.

Noun

stell (plural stells)

  1. (archaic) A place; station.
  2. A stall; a fold for cattle.
  3. (Scotland) A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or climbing.
  4. (Scotland) A still.
Related terms
  • stall

Anagrams

  • Tells, tells

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

stell

  1. singular imperative of stellen

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Danish stel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɛlː/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlː

Noun

stell n (genitive singular stells, nominative plural stell)

  1. service (set of matching dishes or untensils)
  2. set of false teeth
Declension

Etymology 2

Back-formation from stella (to potter about, to tinker).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɛtl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtl

Noun

stell n (genitive singular stells, no plural)

  1. pottering, tinkering, idle work
    Synonyms: föndur, bauk, dund, dútl
Declension

Plautdietsch

Adjective

stell

  1. quiet, silent, still
  2. calm, peaceful

Yola

Noun

stell

  1. Alternative form of sthill (handle)

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 88

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