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Is stile a Scrabble word?

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

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Is stile a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (7 found)

ISLET,ISTLE,LITES,STEIL,STILE,TEILS,TILES,

4-letter words (20 found)

ELTS,ISLE,LEIS,LEST,LETS,LIES,LIST,LITE,LITS,SEIL,SILE,SILT,SITE,SLIT,STIE,TEIL,TELS,TIES,TILE,TILS,

3-letter words (19 found)

ELS,ELT,EST,ITS,LEI,LES,LET,LIE,LIS,LIT,SEI,SEL,SET,SIT,TEL,TES,TIE,TIL,TIS,

2-letter words (10 found)

EL,ES,ET,IS,IT,LI,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 57 words from stile according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of stile

stile tsile sitle istle tisle itsle stlie tslie sltie lstie tlsie ltsie silte islte slite lsite ilste liste tilse itlse tlise ltise iltse litse stiel tsiel sitel istel tisel itsel steil tseil setil estil tesil etsil sietl isetl seitl esitl iestl eistl tiesl itesl teisl etisl ietsl eitsl stlei tslei sltei lstei tlsei ltsei steli tseli setli estli tesli etsli sleti lseti selti eslti lesti elsti tlesi ltesi telsi etlsi letsi eltsi silet islet sliet lsiet ilset liset sielt iselt seilt esilt ieslt eislt sleit lseit selit eslit lesit elsit ilest liest ielst eilst leist elist tiles itles tlies lties iltes lites tiels itels teils etils ietls eitls tleis lteis telis etlis letis eltis ilets liets ielts eilts leits elits

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Definitions and meaning of stile

stile

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /staɪl/
  • Rhymes: -aɪl
  • Homophone: style

Etymology 1

From Middle English stile, style, stiȝele, from Old English stiġel (“stile, set of steps for getting over a fence”), from Proto-West Germanic *stigilu, from Proto-Germanic *stigilō (“entry, entrance, overpass, device for climbing, stile”), equivalent to sty (“to ascend, climb”) +‎ -le. Cognate with Dutch stegel (“stirrup”), Low German Stegel (“stile”), German Stiegel (“stile”).

Noun

stile (plural stiles)

  1. A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass.
  2. A vertical component of a frame or panel, such as that of a door, window, or ladder.
    Synonyms: rail, stringer
Alternative forms
  • style
Hyponyms
Holonyms
  • (vertical component of a panel or frame): leaf
Derived terms
Related terms
  • stair
  • sty
Translations

See also

  • kissing gate

Etymology 2

See the etymology at style.

Noun

stile (plural stiles)

  1. Obsolete form of style.

Verb

stile (third-person singular simple present stiles, present participle stiling, simple past and past participle stiled)

  1. Obsolete form of style.

Further reading

  • stile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • IELTS, Leist, Steil, e-list, islet, istle, liest, lites, slite, teils, tiles

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French style, itself borrowed from Latin stilus. Doublet of stelo and stilo, which Italian inherited and borrowed from Latin respectively.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsti.le/
  • Rhymes: -ile
  • Hyphenation: stì‧le

Noun

stile m (plural stili)

  1. style
  2. class

Related terms

  • stile di vita
  • stile libero
  • stilistico

Further reading

  • stile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • lesti, liste, steli

Latin

Noun

stile

  1. vocative singular of stilus

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstʲilɛ/, [ˈstʲilə]

Noun

stile

  1. nominative/accusative plural of stil

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English stiġel, from Proto-West Germanic *stigilu.

Alternative forms

  • steyl, steyle, stiȝele, style

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstiːl(ə)/, /ˈstɛi̯l(ə)/

Noun

stile (plural styles)

  1. stile (set of stairs over a bank or wall)
  2. A rung or bar of a ladder.
Descendants
  • English: stile
  • Scots: style
References
  • “stīle, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-08.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Medieval Latin stylus and Old French estile, style, from Latin stilus.

Alternative forms

  • stiel, styell, style

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstiːl(ə)/, /ˈstil(ə)/

Noun

stile (plural stilez)

  2. A stylus, pen, or quill.
  3. A written essay or monograph.
  4. The topic or theme of such an essay.
  5. style (the personal way something is written)
  6. style (the way one acts or presents oneself)
  7. style (the mode of reference towards someone with a title)
  8. (rare) The stem or stalk of a plant.
Descendants
  • English: style, stile (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: style
References
  • “stīle, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-08.

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • stille, style

Noun

stile m (plural stiles)

  1. style

Descendants

  • French: style, stile (see there for further descendants)

Source: wiktionary.org