What STAVING Means
STAVING is a form of STAVE, which means:
- noun: (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- noun: one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
- verb: furnish with staves“stave a ladder”
- verb: burst or force (a hole) into something
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
STAVING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 T1 A1 V4 I1 N1 G2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In STAVING
159 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.
6 letter words (6)
5 letter words (32)
AGISTANGSTANTISGAINSGAITSGANTSGIANTGNATSNATISNGATISAINTSATINSAVINSIGNASTAIGSTAINSTANGSTINGTAIGSTAINSTANGITANGSTIANSTINASTINGSVANGSVANTSVIGASVINASVINTSVISTAVITAS
4 letter words (61)
AGINAINSAITSANISANTIANTSGAINGAITGANSGANTGASTGATSGINSGISTGITSGNATINGSISNAITASNAGSNATSNGAINITSSAINSANGSANTSATISIGNSINGSNAGSNIGSNITSTAGTAGSTAIGTAINTAISTANGTANSTAVSTIANTIGSTINATINGTINSVAGIVAGSVAINVANGVANSVANTVASTVATSVIASVIGAVIGSVINAVINSVINTVISAVITA
3 letter words (46)
AGSAINAISAITANIANSANTATSGANGASGATGINGISGITINGINSITAITSNAGNASNATNISNITSAGSAISANSATSAVSINSITTAGTAITANTASTAVTIGTINTISVAGVANVASVATVIAVIGVINVIS
2 letter words (14)
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