What STEMS Means
STEMS is a form of STEM, which means:
- noun: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed“thematic vowels are part of the stem”
- noun: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
- verb: grow out of, have roots in, originate in“The increase in the national debt stems from the last war”
- verb: cause to point inward“stem your skis”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
STEMS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 T1 E1 M3 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In STEMS
19 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 (6)
3 letter words (7)
2 letter words (6)
Longer Words Containing STEMS
STEMS 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.