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Is stub a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word stub is a Scrabble US word. The word stub is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

S1T1U1B3

Is stub a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word stub is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

S1T1U1B3

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Yes. The word stub is a Words With Friends word. The word stub is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1T1U2B4

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4-letter words (4 found)

BUST,BUTS,STUB,TUBS,

3-letter words (5 found)

BUS,BUT,SUB,TUB,UTS,

2-letter words (3 found)

ST,US,UT,

You can make 12 words from stub according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of stub

stub tsub sutb ustb tusb utsb stbu tsbu sbtu bstu tbsu btsu subt usbt sbut bsut ubst bust tubs utbs tbus btus ubts buts

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Definitions and meaning of stub

stub

Etymology

From Middle English stubbe (“tree stump”), from Old English stybb, stubb (“tree stump”), from Proto-West Germanic *stubb, from Proto-Germanic *stubbaz (compare Middle Dutch stubbe, Old Norse stubbr, Faroese stubbi (“stub”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew-; compare steep (“sharp slope”). Doublet of stob.

Sense extended in Middle English to similarly shaped objects. Verb sense “strike one’s toe” is recorded 1848; “extinguish a cigarette” 1927.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: stŭb, IPA(key): /stʌb/
  • Rhymes: -ʌb

Noun

stub (plural stubs)

  1. Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
  3. A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
  5. (programming) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior.
    Coordinate terms: mock, mock object
  7. (computing, middleware) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing.
    Coordinate term: skeleton
  9. (typography, in tabular matter) A row heading in a table (with horizontal reference, whereas a column heading has vertical reference).
    Coordinate term: substub
  10. (chiefly Wikimedia jargon) A Wikipedia article providing only minimal information and intended for later development.
  11. The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
  12. An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract
  13. (obsolete) A log or block of wood.
  14. (obsolete) A blockhead.
  15. A pen with a short, blunt nib.
  16. An old and worn horseshoe nail.
  17. Stub iron.
  18. The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt.

Hyponyms

  • stubble
  • stump

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Verb

stub (third-person singular simple present stubs, present participle stubbing, simple past and past participle stubbed)

  1. (transitive) To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.
  2. (transitive) To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
  3. (transitive) To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.

Derived terms

  • stub out
  • unstubbed

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References

Further reading

  • “stub”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “stub”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “stub”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • BTUs, TBUs, bust, but's, buts, tubs

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • stȗp

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stъlbъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stûːb/

Noun

stȗb m (Cyrillic spelling сту̑б)

  1. pillar
  2. column (upright supporting beam)

Declension


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