STEM — 4 letter word
stem
The word stem has 4 letters: S, T, E, M. It contains 1 vowel and 3 consonants. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Stem has 2 anagrams: tems, mets. As a noun, it means "a turn made in skiing".
4 letter word "stem": S T E M — noun
Scrabble score: 6 Words With Friends score: 7
Letter analysis of stem
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| E | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| M | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
1 vowels, 3 consonants, 4 unique letters
Definition of stem
noun
- a turn made in skiing Synonyms: stem turn
- front part of a vessel or aircraft Synonyms: fore, bow, prow
- cylinder forming a long narrow part of something Synonyms: shank
- the tube of a tobacco pipe
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed "thematic vowels are part of the stem" Synonyms: radical, base, root, theme, root word
- a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ Synonyms: stalk
verb
- remove the stem from "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"
- stop the flow of a liquid Synonyms: staunch, halt, stanch
- grow out of, have roots in, originate in "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"
- cause to point inward "stem your skis"