deadstock
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of deadstock
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Merchandise that has not yielded any use yet: from the view of the businessperson, one that has failed to be sold or processed and is now stowed away for possible sale or manufacturing at a later date, from the view of the consumer, a piece that has been obtained but not found application and is now—perhaps even with original labelling or packaging—stored for future ideas.
“No newsboy could possibly have got half way to Fairfax with any copies of the TIMES "unsold:" -- he wouldn't have had one left by the time he had crossed the Potomac, but would have fallen back on his dead stock of Tribunes and Heralds.”
“the small space is a goldmine of never-been-worn big-name deadstock, including threads by Miu Miu, Alberta Ferretti and Stella McCartney,[…]”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)Merchandise that has not yielded any use yet: from the view of the businessperson, one that has failed to be sold or processed and is now stowed away for possible sale or manufacturing at a later date, from the view of the consumer, a piece that has been obtained but not found application and is now—perhaps even with original labelling or packaging—stored for future ideas.
“No newsboy could possibly have got half way to Fairfax with any copies of the TIMES "unsold:" -- he wouldn't have had one left by the time he had crossed the Potomac, but would have fallen back on his dead stock of Tribunes and Heralds.”
“the small space is a goldmine of never-been-worn big-name deadstock, including threads by Miu Miu, Alberta Ferretti and Stella McCartney,[…]”
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(countable, uncountable)Agricultural implements and stored produce, distinguished from livestock.
“[…]examining in turn, the husbandry of livestock, the consumption of domestic deadstock, and hunting in the earlier Neolithic,[…]”
“Poultry housing is the 'dead stock' of a poultry unit and as such represents a considerable portion of the capital outlay,[…]”
verb
- (slang, transitive)To store in appropriate packaging for later.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From dead + stock.
Words you can make from deadstock
200+ playable · top: STOCKADED (17 pts)
Best play stockaded 17 points8-letter words
1 word7-letter words
4 words6-letter words
22 words5-letter words
64 words- CAKED 12 pts
- COKED 12 pts
- DECKS 12 pts
- DOCKS 12 pts
- CAKES 11 pts
- COKES 11 pts
- STACK 11 pts
- STOCK 11 pts
- TACKS 11 pts
- TOCKS 11 pts
- ASKED 10 pts
- OAKED 10 pts
- TOKED 10 pts
- TSKED 10 pts
- CODED 9 pts
- KETAS 9 pts
- SKATE 9 pts
- STAKE 9 pts
- STEAK 9 pts
- STOKE 9 pts
- TAKES 9 pts
- TEAKS 9 pts
- TOKES 9 pts
- ACTED 8 pts
- CADES 8 pts
- CADET 8 pts
- CASED 8 pts
- CODAS 8 pts
- CODES 8 pts
- COEDS 8 pts
- COTED 8 pts
- DACES 8 pts
- DECOS 8 pts
- OCTAD 8 pts
- ASCOT 7 pts
- CASTE 7 pts
- CATES 7 pts
- CESTA 7 pts
- COAST 7 pts
- COATS 7 pts
- COSET 7 pts
- COSTA 7 pts
- COTES 7 pts
- DADOS 7 pts
- DATED 7 pts
- DEADS 7 pts
- DOSED 7 pts
- DOTED 7 pts
- ESCOT 7 pts
- TACES 7 pts
- TACOS 7 pts
- DATES 6 pts
- DATOS 6 pts
- DOATS 6 pts
- DOEST 6 pts
- DOTES 6 pts
- SATED 6 pts
- STADE 6 pts
- STEAD 6 pts
- TASED 6 pts
- TOADS 6 pts
- TSADE 6 pts
- STOAE 5 pts
- TOEAS 5 pts
4-letter words
101 words- DECK 11 pts
- DOCK 11 pts
- CAKE 10 pts
- CASK 10 pts
- COKE 10 pts
- SACK 10 pts
- SOCK 10 pts
- TACK 10 pts
- TOCK 10 pts
- DAKS 9 pts
- DESK 9 pts
- SKED 9 pts
- KAES 8 pts
- KATS 8 pts
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- KETA 8 pts
- KETO 8 pts
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- OAKS 8 pts
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- SAKE 8 pts
- SKAT 8 pts
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- ACED 7 pts
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- CODA 7 pts
- CODE 7 pts
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- COED 7 pts
- DACE 7 pts
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- ACES 6 pts
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- ADDS 6 pts
- CASE 6 pts
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- COTE 6 pts
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- DADO 6 pts
- DADS 6 pts
- DEAD 6 pts
- ECOS 6 pts
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- OCAS 6 pts
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- SCAT 6 pts
- SCOT 6 pts
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- SOCA 6 pts
- TACE 6 pts
- TACO 6 pts
- TECS 6 pts
- ADOS 5 pts
- DATE 5 pts
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- ODES 5 pts
- SADE 5 pts
- SODA 5 pts
- TADS 5 pts
- TEDS 5 pts
- TOAD 5 pts
- TODS 5 pts
- TOED 5 pts
- ATES 4 pts
- EAST 4 pts
- EATS 4 pts
- ETAS 4 pts
- OAST 4 pts
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- SEAT 4 pts
- SETA 4 pts
- STOA 4 pts
- TAOS 4 pts
- TASE 4 pts
- TEAS 4 pts
- TOEA 4 pts
- TOES 4 pts
- TOSA 4 pts
3-letter words
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