Is STALER a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, STALER is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 6 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does STALER mean?
Staler is a form of STALE.
- adjective
lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
“stale bread”
- verb
urinate, of cattle and horses
- adjective
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
“moth-eaten theories about race”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 6
S (1) + T (1) + A (1) + L (1) + E (1) + R (1) = 6 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for STALER
STALER has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None. Nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None. Nothing can be added to the end.
Anagrams of STALER
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from STALER
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- alerts6
- alters6
- artels6
- estral6
- laster6
- ratels6
- salter6
- slater6
- stelar6
- talers6
- alert5
- alter5
- arles5
- artel5
- aster5
- earls5
- lares5
- laser5
- later5
- lears5
- least5
- rales5
- ratel5
- rates5
- reals5
- resat5
- seral5
- setal5
- slate5
- stale5
- stare5
- steal5
- stela5
- taels5
- taler5
- tales5
- tares5
- taser5
- teals5
- tears5
- tesla5
- ales4
- alts4
- ares4
- arse4
- arts4
- ates4
- earl4
- ears4
- east4
- eats4
- eras4
- erst4
- etas4
- lars4
- lase4
- last4
- late4
- lats4
- lear4
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