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stake
idiom
1. At stake At risk; in question.
noun
1. A grubstake.
2. A piece of wood or metal pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a marker, fence pole, or tent peg.
3. A share or an interest in an enterprise, especially a financial share.
4. A vertical post secured in a socket at the edge of a platform, as on a truck bed, to help retain the load.
5. A vertical post to which an offender is bound for execution by burning.
phrasal-verb
1. Stake out To assign (a police officer, for example) to an area to conduct surveillance.
2. Stake out To keep under surveillance.
verb
1. To mark the limits of by or as if by .
2. To tether to a stake.
3. To fasten up or support (as plants) with stakes.
4. To back financially.
5. Support (a plant) with a stake or stakes.
verb-transitive
1. To fasten, secure, or support with a stake or stakes.
2. To gamble or risk; hazard.
3. To mark the location or limits of with or as if with stakes: stake out a claim.
4. To provide working capital for; finance.
5. To tether or tie to a stake.
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Top Words by points |
Points |
Word Game |
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steak | 9 |
Scrabble |
2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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as | 2 |
at | 2 |
ae | 2 |
es | 2 |
et | 2 |
ka | 6 |
te | 2 |
ta | 2 |
3 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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sae | 3 |
ats | 3 |
sat | 3 |
sea | 3 |
set | 3 |
ska | 7 |
tae | 3 |
tas | 3 |
tea | 3 |
tes | 3 |
tsk | 7 |
ask | 7 |
eta | 3 |
kea | 7 |
kat | 7 |
kas | 7 |
kae | 7 |
est | 3 |
eat | 3 |
ate | 3 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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eats | 4 |
kats | 8 |
east | 4 |
ates | 4 |
take | 8 |
tase | 4 |
task | 8 |
teak | 8 |
teas | 4 |
skat | 8 |
seta | 4 |
seat | 4 |
sate | 4 |
sake | 8 |
etas | 4 |
keta | 8 |
keas | 8 |
kaes | 8 |
5 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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steak | 9 |
stake | 9 |
skate | 9 |
ketas | 9 |
takes | 9 |
teaks | 9 |