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Stems

s 1t 1e 1m 3s 1

About 1 syllable

noun · verb · 5 letters · Very common · plural and third-person singular form of stem

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : valid

What does stems 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 stems.

Is STEMS a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) Yes

How many points is STEMS worth?

Scrabble

7 pts
s 1t 1e 1m 3s 1

Words With Friends

8 pts
s 1t 1e 1m 4s 1

Wordfeud

7 pts
s 1t 1e 1m 3s 1

NYT Crossplay

7 pts
s 1t 1e 1m 3s 1

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

Words from the letters in STEMS

Words that end like STEMS

Common words that share the ending -EMS, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

gemshemsitemsproblemstheoremsharemstotemsanthemsemblemstandemsstratagemssystemsecosystems
All words ending in -EMS

Stems: quick answers

Is STEMS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. STEMS is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 7 points before board bonuses.
How many points is STEMS worth?
STEMS scores 7 points in Scrabble, 8 in Words With Friends, 7 in Wordfeud and 7 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does stems mean?
stems 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 STEMS?
You can make 19 shorter words from STEMS, such as MESS, METS, STEM, TEMS. See the full list.