Definition of stead

"stead" in the noun sense

1. stead, position, place, lieu

the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

"can you go in my stead?"

"took his place"

"in lieu of"

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Quotations for stead

The smallest act of charity shall stand us in great stead. [ Atterbury ]

Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. [ Cardinal de Retz ]

My May of life is fallen into the sear, the yellow leaf; and that which should accompany old age, as honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have; but in their stead, curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honor, breath which the poor heart would fain deny and dare not. [ William Shakespeare ]

If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. [ Sir John Herschel ]

stead in Scrabble®

The word stead is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters stead:

DATES
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STEAD
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SATED
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word stead

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In stead

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stead in Words With Friends™

The word stead is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters stead:

SATED
(30)
DATES
(30)
STEAD
(30)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word stead

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In stead

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DATES
(30)
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Word Growth involving stead

Shorter words in stead

ad

tea

Longer words containing stead

bedstead bedsteads

farmstead farmsteaded

farmstead farmsteader farmsteaders

farmstead farmsteading

farmstead farmsteads

homestead homesteaded

homestead homesteader homesteaders

homestead homesteading

homestead homesteads

instead

roadstead roadsteads

steadfast oversteadfast

steadfast steadfastly

steadfast steadfastness

steadied unsteadied

steadier steadiers

steadier unsteadier

steadies steadiest unsteadiest

steadies unsteadies unsteadiest

steadily unsteadily

steadiness unsteadiness

steady nonsteady

steady steadying

steady steadystate steadystates

steady unsteady