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Is stead a Scrabble word?

Yes, stead is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 6 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of stead?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (archaic or literary) A place, or spot, in general; location.Examples: "For he ne wonneth in one certaine stead, / But restlesse walketh all the world around[…]."; "The three Princes ceased not travelling together for seven days, at the end of which time one said to other, "Let us separate and let each make search in a different stead, so haply shall we hit upon our need.""; ""[…] I went to another stead in the yard to be further from her cries.""archaicliterary

2. (obsolete) A place where a person normally rests; a seat.Examples: "There now the hart, fearlesse of greyhound, feeds, / And loving pelican in safety breeds; / There shrieking satyres fill the people's emptie steads."obsolete

3. (obsolete) An inhabited place; a settlement, city, town etc.obsolete

4. (archaic) An estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead.Examples: "But of course I could not do this by myself, so I took a Hottentot—a very clever man when he was not drunk—who lived on the stead, into my confidence."; "Nordic types may turn to Frigga as queen mother of Asgard, or even to good friend Thor, known to gladly bless a new stead and to party with the best."; "Only when he reached the stead road, and Wildebeast, did he concentrate on the image of carrion, of food for the sandwolf pack."archaic

5. (obsolete) The frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.Examples: "The genial bed / Sallow the feet, the borders, and the stead."obsolete

6. (of a person or thing) The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor.Examples: "She was so wretched and so vehement, complained so much of injustice in being expected to go away instead of Anne; Anne, who was nothing to Louisa, while she was her sister, and had the best right to stay in Henrietta's stead!"; "His nurse had told him all about changelings, and how the little people would always try to steal a beautiful human child out of its cradle and put in its stead one of their own ailing, puking brats […]"; "Had Daniel Ortega not got himself illegally on to this year’s ballot to seek a third term, his wife might have run in his stead."

verb (English)

1. (obsolete) To help, support, benefit or assist; to be helpful.Examples: "May you stead me? will you pleasure me? shall I know your answer?"; "I could never better stead thee than now.[…]"; "Some food we had and some fresh water that / A noble Neapolitan, Gonzalo, / Out of his charity,—who being then appointed / Master of this design,—did give us, with / Rich garments, linens, stuffs, and necessaries, / Which since have steaded much:[…]"obsolete

2. (obsolete) To fill the stead or place of something.obsolete

noun (English)

1. (Singapore, colloquial) One's partner in a romantic relationship.Examples: "C'mon lah!! Wake up.. Y R U stupid girls so CHEAP!! Imagine a baby making out with an adult! Want to have stead,.. Go find 1 16yr old rich kid lah!! At for let those men take advantage!! Remember Men CANNOT be Trusted!! Boys maybe can."; "I prefer to know a guy better as a friend first before even considering him as a potential stead."; "One of the best dates I had was with his person who did attempt to impress me with expensive gifts or flowers. My date did asked though but I said no because for somebody who's not my stead and I dun feel there was a need to."Singaporecolloquial

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "stead"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "stead"?

Scrabble
6 points
S1
T1
E1
A1
D2
Words With Friends
6 points
S1
T1
E1
A1
D2

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