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stump

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Is stump a Scrabble word?

Yes, stump is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 9 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of stump?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (politics) The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.

2. (figurative) A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.Examples: "Paul Muniment had taken hold of Hyacinth, and said, 'I'll trouble you to stay, you little desperado. I'll be blowed if I ever expected to see you on the stump!'"

3. (cricket) One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball.

4. (drawing) An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media.

5. (slang, humorous) A leg.Examples: "to stir one's stumps"

verb (English)

1. (transitive, informal) To stop, confuse, or puzzle.

2. (intransitive, informal) To baffle; to make unable to find an answer to a question or problem.Examples: "This last question has me stumped."

3. (intransitive) To campaign.Examples: "He’s been stumping for that reform for months."Synonyms: campaign

4. (transitive, US, colloquial) To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes.

5. (transitive, cricket, of a wicket keeper) To get a batsman out stumped.

6. (transitive, cricket) To bowl down the stumps of (a wicket).Examples: "A herd of boys with clamour bowled, / And stumped the wicket."

Definition source: Wiktionary

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How many Scrabble points is the word "stump"?

Scrabble
9 points
s1
t1
u1
m3
p3
Words With Friends
12 points
s1
t1
u2
m4
p4

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