stairway
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 8
/ˈstɛɹweɪ/
See all 7 pronunciations Show less
/ˈstɛɹweɪ/ · /ˈstɛəweɪ/ · /ˈsteːwæɪ/ · /ˈsteəwæɪ/ · /ˈstiəwæɪ/ · /ˈsteɹwe/ · /ˈstɜː(ɹ)weː/
Definition of stairway
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
-
A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down.
“Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway,[…].”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
stair + way
Words you can make from stairway
140 playable · top: AIRWAYS (13 pts)
Best play airways 13 points6-letter words
13 words5-letter words
29 words- WARTY 11 pts
- ARTSY 8 pts
- AWAIT 8 pts
- RAYAS 8 pts
- SATAY 8 pts
- SATYR 8 pts
- STRAW 8 pts
- STRAY 8 pts
- SWART 8 pts
- TAYRA 8 pts
- TRAYS 8 pts
- WAIRS 8 pts
- WAIST 8 pts
- WAITS 8 pts
- WARTS 8 pts
- WRIST 8 pts
- WRITS 8 pts
- AIRTS 5 pts
- ARIAS 5 pts
- ASTIR 5 pts
- ATRIA 5 pts
- RAIAS 5 pts
- RAITA 5 pts
- RIATA 5 pts
- SITAR 5 pts
- STAIR 5 pts
- STRIA 5 pts
- TARSI 5 pts
- TIARA 5 pts
4-letter words
44 words- AWAY 10 pts
- AWRY 10 pts
- SWAY 10 pts
- WARY 10 pts
- WAYS 10 pts
- WIRY 10 pts
- YAWS 10 pts
- YWIS 10 pts
- AIRY 7 pts
- ARTY 7 pts
- RAWS 7 pts
- RAYA 7 pts
- RAYS 7 pts
- RYAS 7 pts
- STAW 7 pts
- STAY 7 pts
- SWAT 7 pts
- TAWS 7 pts
- TRAY 7 pts
- TWAS 7 pts
- WAIR 7 pts
- WAIT 7 pts
- WARS 7 pts
- WART 7 pts
- WAST 7 pts
- WATS 7 pts
- WIST 7 pts
- WITS 7 pts
- WRIT 7 pts
- AIRS 4 pts
- AIRT 4 pts
- AITS 4 pts
- ARIA 4 pts
- ARTS 4 pts
- RAIA 4 pts
- RAIS 4 pts
- RATS 4 pts
- RIAS 4 pts
- SARI 4 pts
- SATI 4 pts
- STAR 4 pts
- STIR 4 pts
- TARS 4 pts
- TSAR 4 pts
3-letter words
40 words- WAY 9 pts
- WRY 9 pts
- YAW 9 pts
- AWA 6 pts
- AYS 6 pts
- RAW 6 pts
- RAY 6 pts
- RYA 6 pts
- SAW 6 pts
- SAY 6 pts
- STY 6 pts
- TAW 6 pts
- TRY 6 pts
- TWA 6 pts
- WAR 6 pts
- WAS 6 pts
- WAT 6 pts
- WIS 6 pts
- WIT 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- YAS 6 pts
- AAS 3 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- AIS 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ARS 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATS 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- RAS 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
- SAT 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TAS 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
2-letter words
13 wordsHooks
1 extension · 1 back
A single letter you can add to stairway to make another valid word.
Back
Find your best play with stairway
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes stairway, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.