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Is stencil a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word stencil is a Scrabble US word. The word stencil is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

S1T1E1N1C3I1L1

Is stencil a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word stencil is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

S1T1E1N1C3I1L1

Is stencil a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word stencil is a Words With Friends word. The word stencil is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1T1E1N2C4I1L2

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7-letter words (4 found)

CLIENTS,LECTINS,LENTISC,STENCIL,

6-letter words (19 found)

CLIENT,CLINES,CLINTS,ELINTS,ENLIST,INCELS,INCEST,INCLES,INLETS,INSECT,INTELS,LECTIN,LENTIC,LISTEN,NICEST,SCIENT,SILENT,STELIC,TINSEL,

5-letter words (46 found)

CEILS,CELTS,CENTS,CESTI,CIELS,CINES,CITES,CLIES,CLINE,CLINT,CLITS,ELINT,ELSIN,ENLIT,ETICS,INCEL,INCLE,INLET,INSET,INTEL,ISLET,ISTLE,LENIS,LENTI,LIENS,LINES,LINTS,LITES,NEIST,NELIS,NITES,SCENT,SENTI,SIENT,SILEN,SINCE,SLICE,STEIL,STEIN,STILE,TEILS,TEINS,TELIC,TICES,TILES,TINES,

4-letter words (62 found)

CEIL,CELS,CELT,CENS,CENT,CIEL,CINE,CIST,CITE,CITS,CLIT,ELTS,ENTS,ETIC,ICES,ISLE,LEIS,LENS,LENT,LEST,LETS,LICE,LIEN,LIES,LINE,LINS,LINT,LIST,LITE,LITS,NEST,NETS,NICE,NIES,NILS,NITE,NITS,SECT,SEIL,SENT,SICE,SIEN,SILE,SILT,SINE,SITE,SLIT,SNIT,STEN,STIE,TECS,TEIL,TEIN,TELS,TENS,TICE,TICS,TIES,TILE,TILS,TINE,TINS,

3-letter words (39 found)

CEL,CIS,CIT,ELS,ELT,ENS,EST,ICE,INS,ITS,LEI,LES,LET,LIE,LIN,LIS,LIT,NET,NIE,NIL,NIS,NIT,SEC,SEI,SEL,SEN,SET,SIC,SIN,SIT,TEC,TEL,TEN,TES,TIC,TIE,TIL,TIN,TIS,

2-letter words (13 found)

EL,EN,ES,ET,IN,IS,IT,LI,NE,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 184 words from stencil according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of stencil

stencil

Etymology

Likely a nominalization of Middle English stencellen (“to garnish with bright hues”), borrowed from Middle French estinceller (“to glisten”), from Old French estenceler (“to spark”), from Old French estencele (“spark”), from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, from metathesis of Latin scintilla (“spark”).

The verb is from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstɛnsɪl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈstɛnsəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnsəl

Noun

stencil (plural stencils)

  2. A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet.
  4. A pattern produced using such a utensil.
  5. A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph.

Derived terms

  • stencil art
  • stencil buffer
  • stencil duplicator
  • stencil work

Translations

See also

  • pochoir

Verb

stencil (third-person singular simple present stencils, present participle (UK) stencilling or (US) stenciling, simple past and past participle (UK) stencilled or (US) stenciled)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To print with a stencil.

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “stencil”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

  • Category:Stencils on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • clients, lectins, scilent

Source: wiktionary.org