The word sten is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • Sten n. The Sten gun, a family of British 9-millimeter submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth…
  • Sten prop.n. A surname from the North Germanic languages, equivalent to English Stone, equivalent of Peter or Peters…
  • (In Dutch) sten n. (Militair) m stengun.

24 valid words from 3 definitions

AND BY COMMONWEALTH ENGLISH EQUIVALENT EXTENSIVELY FAMILY FROM GERMANIC GUN GUNS LANGUAGES MILLIMETER NORTH OF OR PETER PETERS STEN STONE SURNAME THE TO USED

4 invalid words from 3 definitions

BRITISH MILITAIR STENGUN SUBMACHINE

4 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

EN ST TE TEN

4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

ET NE NET NETS

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

ENTS NEST NETS SENT TENS

13 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

ETEN SEEN SHEN SIEN SKEN STED STEM STEP STET STEW STEY STUN SYEN

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

SEN TEN

4 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

STEAN STEEN STEIN STERN

95 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

STEND STENO STENS STENT STENCH STENDS STENOS STENTS STENCHY STENCIL STENDED STENGAH STENNED STENOKY STENTED STENTOR STENCHED STENCHES STENCILS STENDING STENGAHS STENLOCK STENNING STENOSED STENOSES STENOSIS STENOTIC STENTING STENTORS STENTOUR STENCHFUL STENCHIER STENCHING STENCILED STENCILER STENLOCKS STENOBATH STENOKIES STENOKOUS STENOPAIC STENOSING STENOTYPE STENOTYPY STENTOURS STENCHIEST STENCILERS STENCILING STENCILLED STENCILLER STENOBATHS + 45 words

217 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

OSTENT DISTEND DISTENT FASTENS HASTENS LISTENS MISTEND OSTENTS CHASTENS DISTENDS DISTENTS EXISTENT FASTENED FASTENER GLISTENS GUESTENS HASTENED HASTENER LISTENED LISTENER MISTENDS MOISTENS OSTENTED AUSTENITE CHASTENED CHASTENER CHRISTENS DISTENDED DISTENDER EXISTENCE EXISTENTS FASTENERS FASTENING GLISTENED GUESTENED HASTENERS HASTENING INSISTENT LISTENERS LISTENING MISTENDED MOISTENED MOISTENER OSTENSIVE OSTENSORY OSTENTING REFASTENS RELISTENS RESISTENT SEBESTENS + 167 words

18 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

FASTEN HASTEN LISTEN BURSTEN CHASTEN GLISTEN GUESTEN MOISTEN CHRISTEN REFASTEN RELISTEN SEBESTEN TUNGSTEN UNFASTEN REMOISTEN PREMOISTEN RECHRISTEN UNCHRISTEN

59 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A ANTES ETNAS NATES NEATS STANE STEAN
+B BENTS
+C CENTS SCENT
+D DENTS STEND TENDS
+E ETENS NETES SENTE STEEN TEENS TENES TENSE
+F FENTS
+G GENTS
+H HENTS SHENT THENS
+I INSET NEIST NITES SENTI SIENT STEIN TEINS TINES
+K KENTS
+O NOTES ONSET SETON STENO STONE TONES
+P PENTS SPENT
+R NERTS RENTS STERN TERNS
+S NESTS SENTS STENS
+T NETTS STENT TENTS
+U SUENT TUNES UNSET
+V VENTS
+W NEWTS WENTS
+X NEXTS
+Y TYNES

7 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-N EST SET TES
-S NET TEN
-T ENS SEN

Scrabble scoring

  • 4 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 26.0 chance (3.85%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 64.8 chance (1.54%).

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Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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