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What does stye mean? Is stye a Scrabble word?

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Is stye a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word stye is a Scrabble US word. The word stye is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

S1T1Y4E1

Is stye a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word stye is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

S1T1Y4E1

Is stye a Words With Friends word?

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

S1T1Y3E1

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4-letter words (4 found)

STEY,STYE,TYES,YEST,

3-letter words (9 found)

EST,SET,SEY,STY,SYE,TES,TYE,YES,YET,

2-letter words (5 found)

ES,ET,ST,TE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 19 words from stye according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of stye

stye tsye syte yste tyse ytse stey tsey sety esty tesy etsy syet yset seyt esyt yest eyst tyes ytes teys etys yets eyts

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word stye. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in stye.

Definitions and meaning of stye

stye

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstaɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ
  • Homophone: sty

Etymology 1

First recorded in the 17th century; probably a back-formation from Middle English styanye (first recorded in the 15th century), which in turn comes from Old English stīgend (“a small tumour on the edge of the eyelid, stye”), from the verb stīgan (“to climb, ascend, rise”) + Middle English eie (“eye”). Equivalent to sty +‎ eye.

Noun

stye (plural styes)

  1. (pathology) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.
Synonyms
  • hordeolum, powk (dialect)
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

stye (plural styes)

  1. Archaic form of sty (“shelter for pigs”).
Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:stye.

Anagrams

  • Tyes, etys, stey, teys, tyes, yest, yet's, yets

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

stye

  1. Alternative form of sty (“path”)

Etymology 2

Noun

stye

  1. Alternative form of stie (“ladder”)

Source: wiktionary.org