styen
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
Definition of styen
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Northumbria, uncountable)stone
“Huge abutments o' styen, aw think they are call'd”
“Ye wad thought his feet was myed o' styen, He gaw sic thuds wi' dancin-o”
“Te kill a fish, or owt else, thoo Must hev a heart o' styen, man”
“He's warked as debbity an' been night lost— Haaf barried under sum greet faall o' styen”
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Etymology
From Northern Middle English stan, stane, from Old English stān, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. Cognate with German Stein, Swedish sten, Dutch steen.
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