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
6
Scrabble
7
Words With Friends
6
Letters
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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