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

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

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5-letter words (6 found)

ROUST,ROUTS,STOUR,SUTOR,TORUS,TOURS,

4-letter words (15 found)

ORTS,OURS,OUST,OUTS,ROST,ROTS,ROUT,RUST,RUTS,SORT,SOUR,SOUT,TORS,TOUR,TROU,

3-letter words (12 found)

ORS,ORT,OUR,OUS,OUT,ROT,RUT,SOT,SOU,SUR,TOR,UTS,

2-letter words (9 found)

OR,OS,OU,SO,ST,TO,UR,US,UT,

You can make 42 words from stour according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of stour

stour tsour sotur ostur tosur otsur stuor tsuor sutor ustor tusor utsor soutr osutr suotr usotr oustr uostr tousr otusr tuosr utosr outsr uotsr storu tsoru sotru ostru tosru otsru strou tsrou srtou rstou trsou rtsou sortu osrtu srotu rsotu orstu rostu torsu otrsu trosu rtosu ortsu rotsu sturo tsuro sutro ustro tusro utsro struo tsruo srtuo rstuo trsuo rtsuo surto usrto sruto rsuto ursto rusto turso utrso truso rtuso urtso rutso sourt osurt suort usort ousrt uosrt sorut osrut srout rsout orsut rosut surot usrot sruot rsuot ursot rusot ourst uorst orust roust urost ruost tours oturs tuors utors outrs uotrs torus otrus trous rtous ortus rotus turos utros truos rtuos urtos rutos ourts uorts oruts routs urots ruots

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Definitions and meaning of stour

stour

Etymology 1

From Middle English store, stoor, stour (“tall, powerful”), from Old English stōr (“tall, great, mighty, strong”), from Proto-West Germanic *stōr, from Proto-Germanic *stōraz, *stōrijaz (“great, big, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-r-, *stō-r- (“steadfast, firm; standing tall; big, bulky”).

Alternative forms

  • stoor, stoore, stoure, stowr, stuir, stur, sture, sturry

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɔː/, /ˈstʊə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɔɹ/, /ˈstʊɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ)

Adjective

stour (comparative more stour, superlative most stour)

  1. (now rare outside dialects) Tall; large; stout.
  2. (now rare outside dialects) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.
  3. (now rare outside dialects) Bold; audacious.
  4. (now rare outside dialects) Rough in manner; stern; austere; ill-tempered.
  5. (now rare outside dialects, of a voice) Rough; hoarse; deep-toned; harsh.
  6. (now rare outside dialects, of cloth, land, etc.) Inflexible, stiff.
  7. (obsolete) Resolute; unyielding.
Derived terms
  • stourly
  • stourness

Noun

stour (plural stours)

  1. (UK dialectal, Ulster) A blowing or deposit of dust; dust in motion or at rest; dust in general.

Adverb

stour (comparative more stour, superlative most stour)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) Severely; strongly.

Etymology 2

From Middle English stoure, stourre, from Old Norse staurr (“a stake, pale”), from Proto-Germanic *stauraz (“pole, support”), from Proto-Indo-European *stā- (“to stand, place”). Cognate with Icelandic staur (“a stake, pole”), Ancient Greek σταυρός (staurós, “a stake, cross”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstaʊə/, /ˈstaʊ.ə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstaʊɚ/, /ˈstaʊɹ/
  • Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ), -aʊə, -aʊɹ

Noun

stour (plural stours)

  1. A stake.
  2. A round of a ladder.
  3. A stave in the side of a wagon.
  4. A large pole by which barges are propelled against the stream; a poy.

Etymology 3

From Middle English stour, stor (“conflict”) from Anglo-Norman estur (“conflict, struggle”), from Old French estour, estor, estorme, estourmie, estormie (“battle, assault, conflict, tumult”), from Vulgar Latin *estorma, *storma (“battle, conflict, storm”), from Frankish *sturm (“storm, commotion, battle”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz (“storm”). Akin to Old High German sturm (“battle, storm”). More at storm.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɔː/, /ˈstʊə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɔɹ/, /ˈstʊ(ə)ɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə, -ʊ(ə)ɹ

Noun

stour (plural stours)

  2. (obsolete) An armed battle or conflict.
    • , Book V:
      Then there began a passyng harde stoure, for the Romaynes ever wexed ever bygger.
    • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XII, xv:
      This pair, who past have many a dreadful stour, / And proffer now to prove this venture stout, / Alone to this attempt let them go forth, / Alone than thousands of more price and worth.
  3. (obsolete) A time of struggle or stress.
  4. (now dialectal) Tumult, commotion; confusion.

Verb

stour (third-person singular simple present stours, present participle stouring, simple past and past participle stoured)

  1. Alternative form of stoor

Anagrams

  • Rusto, Sutor, Tours, roust, routs, sutor, torus, tours

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • stoor

Adjective

stour

  1. Alternative form of store

Source: wiktionary.org