Is STAPELIAS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, STAPELIAS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 11 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does STAPELIAS mean?
Stapelias is a form of STAPELIA.
- noun
any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
11
Scrabble
13
Words With Friends
9
Letters
S (1) + T (1) + A (1) + P (3) + E (1) + L (1) + I (1) + A (1) + S (1) = 11 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 STAPELIAS
STAPELIAS 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.
Words you can make from STAPELIAS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- palaises10
- palsiest10
- sailpast10
- stapelia10
- aplites9
- espials9
- lapises9
- lipases9
- palates9
- paliest9
- palsies9
- pastels9
- pasties9
- pastils9
- patsies9
- petsais9
- platies9
- spatial9
- spitals9
- staples9
- stipels9
- talipes9
- tapises9
- tapless9
- tipless9
- aplite8
- espial8
- lapses8
- lipase8
- paisas8
- palais8
- palate8
- palest8
- palets8
- palsas8
- passel8
- pastas8
- pastel8
- pastes8
- pastie8
- pastil8
- pastis8
- petals8
- petsai8
- pietas8
- pistes8
- plaits8
- plates8
- pleats8
- plisse8
- saleps8
- salpae8
- salpas8
- sepals8
- sepias8
- septal8
- slipes8
- spails8
- spaits8
- spales8
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