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Stemmes

s 1t 1e 1m 3m 3e 1s 1

About 2 syllables

noun · verb · 7 letters · Rare · plural and third-person singular form of stem

  • Scrabble US & Canada : not valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : not valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does stemmes mean?

noun

  1. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

    “thematic vowels are part of the stem”

    Synonymsrootroot wordbasethemeradical

  2. a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

    Synonymsstalk

  3. cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

    Synonymsshank

  4. the tube of a tobacco pipe

  5. front part of a vessel or aircraft

    “he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line”

    Synonymsbowforeprow

  6. a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it

    Synonymsstem turn

verb

  1. grow out of, have roots in, originate in

    “The increase in the national debt stems from the last war”

  2. cause to point inward

    “stem your skis”

  3. stop the flow of a liquid

    “staunch the blood flow”

    Synonymsstanchstaunchhalt

  4. remove the stem from

    “for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed”

Definitions shown for stem, the base form of stemmes.

Is STEMMES a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) No
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) No
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is STEMMES worth?

Scrabble

11 pts
s 1t 1e 1m 3m 3e 1s 1

Words With Friends

13 pts
s 1t 1e 1m 4m 4e 1s 1

Wordfeud

11 pts
s 1t 1e 1m 3m 3e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

11 pts
s 1t 1e 1m 3m 3e 1s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in STEMMES

Stemmes: quick answers

Is STEMMES a valid Scrabble word?
Only in Collins. STEMMES is valid in Scrabble outside North America (Collins/SOWPODS) but not in the North American NWL list.
How many points is STEMMES worth?
STEMMES scores 11 points in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends, 11 in Wordfeud and 11 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does stemmes mean?
stemmes is the plural and third-person singular form of stem, which means “(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed”. It has 10 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in STEMMES?
You can make 64 shorter words from STEMMES, such as EMMETS, SEMSEM, STEMME, EMMET. See the full list.