Is “Stave” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
STAVE
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Unavailable

Meaning of Stave

/steɪv/

noun
  1. 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. 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. 3.A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.

verb
  1. 1.To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.

  2. 2.(usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.

    to stave in a cask

  3. 3.(with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.