Is STIFLE a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, STIFLE is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 9 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does STIFLE mean?
- verb
suppress in order to conceal or hide
“smother a yawn”
- verb
suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity
“Stifle your curiosity”
- noun
joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
- verb
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
“The foul air was slowly suffocating the children”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
9
Scrabble
10
Words With Friends
6
Letters
S (1) + T (1) + I (1) + F (4) + L (1) + E (1) = 9 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 STIFLE
Single letters that turn STIFLE into another valid word in US Scrabble. Hooks let you extend a word already on the board.
Anagrams of STIFLE
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from STIFLE
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- filets9
- fliest9
- flites9
- itself9
- feist8
- felts8
- files8
- filet8
- flies8
- flite8
- flits8
- lefts8
- lifts8
- efts7
- felt7
- fest7
- fets7
- file7
- fils7
- fist7
- fits7
- flit7
- left7
- lief7
- life7
- lift7
- seif7
- self7
- sift7
- efs6
- eft6
- elf6
- fes6
- fet6
- fie6
- fil6
- fit6
- ifs6
- islet5
- istle5
- lites5
- stile5
- tiles5
- ef5
- fe5
- if5
- isle4
- leis4
- lest4
- lets4
- lies4
- list4
- lite4
- lits4
- silt4
- site4
- slit4
- tels4
- ties4
- tile4
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