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Words containing STE

Words that have the letters STE in a row, in that order: handy when a board square or a clue gives you a chunk to build around. All playable on Wordtide's board. There are 2,273 playable words containing STE in Wordtide's English dictionary. The most common length is 8 letters, and the longest word is ANTICHOLESTEROL. The highest-scoring is HYSTERECTOMIZED, worth 32 points.

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Popular words containing STE

ADJUSTED19
EXHAUSTED19
INCONSISTENCIES19
INCONSISTENCY19
MYSTERIOUSLY19
REQUESTED19
ADMINISTERING17
CONSISTENCY17
EXISTENCE17
ADMINISTERED16
CONSISTENTLY16
DISTASTEFUL16
HYSTERICAL16
SYSTEMATIC16
MYSTERIOUS15
STEREOTYPES15
WASTEFUL15
ADMINISTERS14

Highest-scoring words containing STE

Points are Wordtide tile values before bonus squares. Rare letters pay most: J, Q and Z are worth 9, X is 7.

HYSTERECTOMIZED32
QUIZMASTERS30
QUIZMASTER29
CHOLECYSTECTOMY29
UNSYSTEMATIZED28
RESYSTEMATIZING28
STEEPLEJACKS27
RESYSTEMATIZED27
SYSTEMATIZATION27
STEEPLEJACK26
SYSTEMATIZING26
QUICKSTEPS26

4-letter words containing STE (5)

STEM6
STEP6
STET4
STEW7
STEY6

5-letter words containing STE (30)

ASTER5
BASTE7
CASTE7
ESTER5
GESTE6
HASTE7
MOSTE7
PASTE7
PISTE7
STEAD6
STEAK8
STEAL5
STEAM7
STEED6
STEEK8
STEEL5
STEEP7
STEER5
STEIN5
STELA5
STELE5
STEMS7
STENO5
STEPS7
STERE5
STERN5
STETS5
STEWS8
TASTE5
WASTE8

6-letter words containing STE (138)

BASTED9
BASTES8
BESTED9
BUSTED10
CASTER8
CASTES8
CHASTE10
COSTED9
DUSTED9
ESTEEM8
FASTED10
FASTEN9
FASTER9
FESTER9
FOSTER9
GUSTED9
HASTED9
HASTEN8
HASTES8
HOSTED9
HOSTEL8
INSTEP8
JESTED15
JESTER14
JUSTER15
LASTED7
LISTED7
LISTEN6
LUSTED8
MASTER8
MISTED9
MUSTER9
NESTED7
OUSTED8
OYSTER8
PASTED9
PASTEL8
PASTES8
PESTER8
POSTED9
POSTER8
RESTED7
RUSTED8
SISTER6
STEADY9
STEAKS9
STEALS6
STEAMY10
STEERS6
STENCH10
STEREO6
STEWED10
SYSTEM10
TASTED7
TASTES6
TESTED7
VASTER10
VESTED11
WASTED10
WASTES9

The 60 most common shown, 78 rarer words not listed. All 6-letter words

7-letter words containing STE (246)

BLASTED10
BLASTER9
BLISTER9
BLUSTER10
BOASTED10
BOLSTER9
BOOSTED10
BOOSTER9
CASTERS9
CHASTEN11
CHASTER11
CISTERN9
CLUSTER10
COASTED10
COASTER9
CRESTED10
CRUSTED11
DISTEND9
EASTERN7
EXISTED14
FASTENS10
FASTEST10
FEASTED11
FESTERS10
FLUSTER11
FOISTED11
FOSTERS10
FROSTED11
GHOSTED11
GUESTED10
HAMSTER11
HOISTED10
INSTEAD8
JESTERS15
JUSTEST16
LISTENS7
MASTERS9
MASTERY11
MONSTER9
MUSTERS10
MYSTERY13
PLASTER9
POSTERS9
QUESTED17
STEAMED10
STEEPED10
STEERED8
STEMMED12
STEPPED12
STERILE7
STEWARD11
STEWING11
SYSTEMS11
TRUSTED9
TWISTED11
TWISTER10
VASTEST11
WESTERN10
WORSTED11
WRESTED11

The 60 most common shown, 186 rarer words not listed. All 7-letter words

8-letter words containing STE (380)

ACCOSTED13
ADJUSTED19
ARRESTED9
ASSISTED9
ASTERISK11
AUGUSTER11
BLUSTERS11
BREASTED11
CHASTENS12
CHASTEST12
CHRISTEN12
CLUSTERS11
DIGESTED11
DISASTER9
DIVESTED14
DOORSTEP11
ESTEEMED11
EXISTENT14
FASTENED12
FASTENER11
FESTERED12
FLUSTERS12
FOOTSTEP13
FORESTED12
FOSTERED12
HAMSTERS12
HASTENED11
HOSTELED11
HYSTERIA12
HYSTERIC14
INFESTED12
INSISTED9
INVESTED13
LISTENED9
LISTENER8
MASTERED11
MASTERLY12
MINISTER10
MONSTERS10
MUSTERED12
OVERSTEP14
PESTERED11
PLASTERS10
REGISTER9
ROBUSTER11
SIDESTEP11
SINISTER8
STEADILY11
STEALING9
STEALTHY12
STEERING9
STEMMING13
STENCHES12
STEPPING13
STERLING9
STEWARDS12
TASTEFUL12
UNFASTEN12
WASTEFUL15
WESTERLY13

The 60 most common shown, 320 rarer words not listed. All 8-letter words

9-letter words containing STE (364)

ASTERISKS12
AUGUSTEST12
AUSTERITY12
BALLASTED12
BARRISTER11
BLISTERED12
BLUSTERED13
BOLSTERED12
CHASTENED14
CHRISTENS13
CLUSTERED13
COEXISTED18
COMPOSTED16
CONGESTED13
CONSISTED12
CONTESTED12
DEFROSTED14
DISASTERS10
DISGUSTED13
DISTENDED12
DOORSTEPS12
ECOSYSTEM15
ESTEEMING12
EXHAUSTED19
EXISTENCE17
FASTENERS12
FASTENING13
FESTERING13
FLUSTERED14
FOOTSTEPS14
FOSTERING13
HARVESTED16
HARVESTER15
HOMESTEAD14
HYSTERICS15
LISTENING10
MASTERFUL15
MINISTERS11
MONASTERY13
MUSTERING13
MYSTERIES13
OVERSTEPS15
PLASTERED12
POSTERITY13
REGISTERS10
REQUESTED19
STEADFAST13
STEADYING13
STERILIZE17
STEWARDED14
SUBSISTED13
SUBSYSTEM16
SUGGESTED13
TASTELESS9
TRICKSTER14
UNFASTENS13
UPHOLSTER14
WASTELAND13
YESTERDAY14
YOUNGSTER13

The 60 most common shown, 304 rarer words not listed.

10-letter words containing STE (337)

ADMINISTER13
ASTERISKED14
BARRISTERS12
BLISTERING13
BLUSTERING14
BOISTEROUS13
BOLSTERING13
CHASTENING15
CHRISTENED15
CLOISTERED13
CLUSTERING14
CONSISTENT12
CONTRASTED13
DISTENDING13
DISTRUSTED13
ECOSYSTEMS16
EXISTENCES18
FASTENINGS14
FLUSTERING15
FORETASTED14
FORETASTES13
HARVESTERS16
HEADMASTER15
HOMESTEADS15
HYSTERICAL16
INSISTENCE12
INTERESTED11
LACKLUSTER16
MANIFESTED16
MASTERMIND15
MISTRUSTED14
MYSTERIOUS15
NEWSCASTER15
OBSTETRICS14
OSTENSIBLY14
PASTEURIZE21
PERSISTENT12
PLASTERING13
POSTMASTER14
READJUSTED21
REGISTERED12
SIGNPOSTED14
STEALTHILY14
STEPLADDER14
STEREOTYPE14
STERILIZED19
STERILIZES18
STEWARDESS14
STEWARDING15
SYSTEMATIC16
TASTEFULLY16
TOOTHPASTE14
TRICKSTERS15
UNFASTENED15
UPHOLSTERS15
UPHOLSTERY17
WASTEFULLY19
WASTELANDS14
YESTERDAYS15
YOUNGSTERS14

The 60 most common shown, 277 rarer words not listed.

11-letter words containing STE (285)

ABSTENTIONS13
ADMINISTERS14
ASTERISKING15
AUSTERITIES12
BLACKLISTED19
BLOCKBUSTER21
BREAKFASTED20
CHOLESTEROL15
CHRISTENING16
CLOISTERING14
COEXISTENCE21
CONSISTENCY17
DISTASTEFUL16
EXISTENTIAL17
HOMESTEADED17
HUCKSTERING20
MALADJUSTED24
MASTERFULLY19
MASTERMINDS16
MASTERPIECE17
MASTERWORKS19
MINISTERIAL13
MINISTERING14
MONASTERIES13
NEWSCASTERS16
OSTENTATION11
OVERSTEPPED20
PASTEURISED15
PASTEURISES14
PASTEURIZED23
PASTEURIZES22
PERSISTENCE15
POSTMASTERS15
PRIESTESSES13
REGISTERING13
SEQUESTERED21
SIDESTEPPED17
SISTERHOODS14
STEALTHIEST13
STEAMROLLER13
STEEPLEJACK26
STENCILLING14
STENOGRAPHY18
STEPFATHERS18
STEPLADDERS15
STEREOTYPED16
STEREOTYPES15
STERILIZERS19
STERILIZING20
STETHOSCOPE17
STEWARDSHIP19
SUBSISTENCE16
SYSTEMATIZE23
TOOTHPASTES15
UNFASTENING16
UPHOLSTERED17
UPHOLSTERER16
WASTEBASKET19
WESTERNIZED23
WESTERNIZES22

The 60 most common shown, 225 rarer words not listed.

12-letter words containing STE (236)

ADMINISTERED16
BLOCKBUSTERS22
BOISTEROUSLY17
BROADCASTERS17
CHRISTENINGS17
CONSISTENTLY16
EPISTEMOLOGY19
FILIBUSTERED19
HOMESTEADERS17
HOMESTEADING18
HYSTERECTOMY22
HYSTERICALLY20
INCONSISTENT14
INTERSTELLAR12
MASTECTOMIES18
MASTERMINDED18
MASTERPIECES18
MASTERSTROKE17
MYSTERIOUSLY19
NONEXISTENCE20
NORTHEASTERN14
NORTHWESTERN17
OBSTETRICIAN16
OSTENTATIOUS13
OVERSTEPPING21
PASTEURISING16
PASTEURIZING24
PERSISTENTLY16
PLASTERBOARD17
PREPOSTEROUS17
REUPHOLSTERS17
SCHOOLMASTER18
SCOUTMASTERS17
SEQUESTERING22
SIDESTEPPING18
SOUTHEASTERN15
SOUTHWESTERN18
SOUTHWESTERS18
SPINSTERHOOD17
STEAMROLLERS14
STEEPLECHASE18
STEEPLEJACKS27
STENOGRAPHER17
STENOGRAPHIC19
STEPBROTHERS18
STEPCHILDREN19
STEPDAUGHTER19
STEREOPHONIC18
STEREOTYPING17
STETHOSCOPES18
STEWARDESSES16
SYSTEMATISED17
SYSTEMATIZED25
SYSTEMATIZES24
UNINTERESTED14
UPHOLSTERERS17
UPHOLSTERING18
WASTEBASKETS20
WASTEFULNESS19
WESTERNIZING24

The 60 most common shown, 176 rarer words not listed.

How common are they?

2,273 of the 167,814 words on Wordtide's English board (1.4%) are containing STE. Most of them, 380, have 8 letters. 445 start with STE, 41 end with it and 1,787 have it only in the middle.

Words containing similar letters

Every word comes from the ENABLE public-domain word list that Wordtide's English board uses, with offensive words removed. Numbers next to a word are its points from our own letter values.

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Questions

How many words are there containing STE?

Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words) has 2,273 words containing STE, from 4 to 15 letters long.

What is the highest-scoring word containing STE?

HYSTERECTOMIZED, worth 32 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares. Close behind: QUIZMASTERS (30), QUIZMASTER (29) and CHOLECYSTECTOMY (29).

What are the most common words containing STE?

ADJUSTED, EXHAUSTED, INCONSISTENCIES, INCONSISTENCY, MYSTERIOUSLY and REQUESTED. These are the everyday ones, ranked by how familiar they are in ordinary English.

Can I play these words in Wordtide?

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