Definitions For Mainstay

noun

  • The forestay that braces the mainmast
  • A central cohesive source of support and stability
  • A prominent supporter
  • A very important part of something : something or someone that provides support and makes it possible for something to exist or succeed

Is Mainstay a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
14

The word Mainstay is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Mainstay in a Sentence

  • Fish is a mainstay of their diet.
  • My mother has always been the mainstay of our family.

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