Is “Stave” a Scrabble word?
Yes
STAVE
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary
Valid in these dictionaries
SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Meaning of Stave
/steɪv/
noun
1.One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.
2.One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
3.A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
verb
1.To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
2.(usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.
“to stave in a cask”
3.(with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.