What STRESS Means
- noun: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)“he put the stress on the wrong syllable”
- noun: (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense“he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension”
- verb: to stress, single out as important“Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet”
- verb: put stress on; utter with an accent“In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
STRESS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 T1 R1 E1 S1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In STRESS
24 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.
5 letter words (2)
4 letter words (8)
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (6)
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