STEM
4 letters · valid in our word list
Scrabble score
6
Words with Friends score
7
Meaning
- noun
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
- Synonyms rootbasethemeradical
- verb
- grow out of, have roots in, originate in
- “The increase in the national debt stems from the last war”
Definitions, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Related words without a link are English but not in our game word list.
Hooks
Letters you can add to the front or back of STEM to make another valid word.
Front hooks
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Back hooks
Anagrams
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Words inside STEM
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