6 Letter Words Starting With ST
There are 490 valid 6 letter words that start with ST, drawn from NWL2023, CSW24, and Words With Friends. Sorted below by score, with the single highest scorer called out.
Highest Scoring 6-Letter Words
US Scrabble (NWL)
stacks - 12 points
UK Scrabble (CSW)
stacks - 12 points
Words With Friends
stacks - 13 points
6 Letter Words (490)
View all words starting with STTop 20 Highest-Scoring 6 Letter Words Starting With st
Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 490 word list is 26.9 combined points.
| Rank | Word | US Scrabble | UK Scrabble | WWF Points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | stable | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| #2 | stably | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| #3 | staboy | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| #4 | stacey | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 🏆 #5 | stacks | 12 | 12 | 13 | 37 |
| #6 | stacte | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| #7 | stadda | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| #8 | stader | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| #9 | stades | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| #10 | stadia | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| #11 | stadic | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
| #12 | stadie | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| #13 | stadle | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| #14 | staffs | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
| #15 | staged | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| #16 | stager | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| #17 | stages | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| #18 | stagey | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| #19 | staggy | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| #20 | stagne | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
Where 6 Letter Words Fit on the Board
At 6 letters, a word almost always uses your entire rack plus tiles already on the board these are realistically bingo-adjacent plays rather than everyday moves, which is why the list leans heavily on compound and suffixed forms (-nesses, -ation, -izing). If you're looking for words you can play more often, shorter lengths starting with ST will give you far more flexible options try 6 letter words starting with ST for a more practical middle ground.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the highest-scoring 6 letter word starting with st?
stacks — worth 37 combined points (US Scrabble: 12, UK Scrabble: 12, Words With Friends: 13).
How many 6 letter words start with st?
490 valid words, combining entries from NWL2023, CSW24, and the Words With Friends dictionary.
Are 6 letter words realistic to actually play?
Only occasionally — you'd need most of your rack plus letters already on the board to reach 6 tiles. They're worth knowing for the rare bingo-extension play, but for regular turns, shorter st words will come up far more often.