5-Letter Words Starting With STEM
- 2 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 5-Letter Words Starting With STEM
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 5-Letter Words Starting With STEM 2 words
How common is STEM at the start of five-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 2 five-letter words that start with STEM. They average 7 points and the best is STEMS (7 points).
- Total words
- 2
- Average Scrabble score
- 7
- out of 7 max
- Everyday words
- 50%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- E
- 50% of words
Most common last letters
- e 50%
- s 50%
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring five-letter word that starts with STEM
s 1t 1e 1m 3s 1
S 1 + T 1 + E 1 + M 3 + S 1 = 7 points
- Double word
- 14 pts
- Triple word
- 21 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
stems
Form of stem
- noun(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed“thematic vowels are part of the stem”
- nouna slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
- nouncylinder forming a long narrow part of something
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How many five-letter words that start with STEM are there?
There are 2 five-letter words that start with STEM in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring five-letter word that starts with STEM?
STEMS is worth 7 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are STEME (7).