What STABS Means
STABS is a form of STAB, which means:
- noun: a sudden sharp feeling“pangs of regret”
- noun: a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument“one strong stab to the heart killed him”
- verb: use a knife on“The victim was knifed to death”
- verb: stab or pierce“he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
STABS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 T1 A1 B3 S1.
Anagrams of STABS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In STABS
21 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (7)
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (6)
Longer Words Containing STABS
STABS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.