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Is stint a Scrabble word?

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

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Is stint a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is stint a Words With Friends word?

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

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5-letter words (2 found)

STINT,TINTS,

4-letter words (5 found)

NITS,SNIT,TINS,TINT,TITS,

3-letter words (9 found)

INS,ITS,NIS,NIT,SIN,SIT,TIN,TIS,TIT,

2-letter words (6 found)

IN,IS,IT,SI,ST,TI,

You can make 22 words from stint according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of stint

stint tsint sitnt istnt tisnt itsnt stnit tsnit sntit nstit tnsit ntsit sintt isntt snitt nsitt instt nistt tinst itnst tnist ntist intst nitst stitn tsitn sittn isttn tistn itstn sttin tstin sttin tstin ttsin ttsin sittn isttn stitn tsitn itstn tistn titsn ittsn ttisn ttisn ittsn titsn stnti tsnti sntti nstti tnsti ntsti sttni tstni sttni tstni ttsni ttsni sntti nstti stnti tsnti ntsti tnsti tntsi nttsi ttnsi ttnsi nttsi tntsi sintt isntt snitt nsitt instt nistt sitnt istnt stint tsint itsnt tisnt sntit nstit stnit tsnit ntsit tnsit intst nitst itnst tinst ntist tnist tints itnts tnits ntits intts nitts titns ittns ttins ttins ittns titns tntis nttis ttnis ttnis nttis tntis intts nitts itnts tints ntits tnits

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Definitions and meaning of stint

stint

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɪnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

Etymology 1

From Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in āstintan (“to make dull, stint, assuage”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stuntijan, from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną and Proto-Germanic *stintaną (“to make short”), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”).

Verb

stint (third-person singular simple present stints, present participle stinting, simple past and past participle stinted)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To stop (an action); cease, desist.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
  3. (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
    Synonym: skimp
  4. (transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
  5. To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
  6. (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
Derived terms
  • unstinting
Translations

Noun

stint (plural stints)

  1. A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
  2. Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
  3. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
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Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Noun

stint (plural stints)

  1. Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
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Etymology 3

Noun

stint (plural stints)

  1. Misspelling of stent (medical device).

Anagrams

  • 'tisn't, it'sn't, tints

Swedish

Adjective

stint

  1. indefinite neuter singular of stinn

Adverb

stint (not comparable)

  1. without moving one's gaze, intensely

References

  • stint in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • stint in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • stint in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • snitt

Source: wiktionary.org