stern
ADJECTIVENOUN
/stɜrn/
5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH S
stern is a valid 5-letter word worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1T1E1R1N1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =5 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 10TRIPLE WORD → 15
MEANING
What does stern mean?
ADJECTIVE · 4 SENSES
1
Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect.
“a stern face”
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2
Severe and unremitting in making demands.
“a stern disciplinarian”
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3
Severely simple.
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4
Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty.
“the stern demands of parenthood”
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NOUN · 3 SENSES
1
The rear part of a ship.
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BROADER
2
United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920).
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3
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
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BROADER
AT THE BOARD