Scrabble & Words with friends points
- stem is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
- stem is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
- stem is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7
Definition of stem
- cylinder forming a long narrow part of something (noun)
Synonyms
- shank
- a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ (noun)
Synonyms
- stalk
- stop the flow of a liquid (verb)
Examples
- stem the tide
Synonyms
- halt
- stanch
- staunch
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed (noun)
Examples
- thematic vowels are part of the stem
Synonyms
- base
- radical
- root
- root word
- theme
- a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it (noun)
Synonyms
- stem turn
- front part of a vessel or aircraft (noun)
Synonyms
- bow
- fore
- prow
- cause to point inward (verb)
Examples
- stem your skis
- grow out of, have roots in, originate in (verb)
Examples
- The increase in the national debt stems from the last war
- remove the stem from (verb)
Examples
- for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed
- the tube of a tobacco pipe (noun)
See definition of stem in Merriam Webster