Definitions For Stake

noun

  • The money risked on a gamble
  • A strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground
  • Instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
  • A pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
  • (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
  • The money risked on a gamble
  • A pointed stick or post that is pushed into the ground especially to mark a place or to support something
  • A post that a person was tied to and burned on in the past as a form of punishment
  • Something (such as money) that you could win or lose in a game, contest, etc.

verb

  • Place a bet on
  • Kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
  • Mark with a stake
  • Tie or fasten to a stake
  • Put at risk
  • To risk the loss of (something, such as money)
  • To support (something, such as a plant) with stakes

Is Stakes 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
10
Words with Friends
10

The word Stake is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Stake in a Sentence

  • Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.
  • A poker game with high stakes
  • The stakes are too high.
  • She staked the tomatoes to keep them from falling over.
  • The actor staked the entire production of the film with his own money

Synonyms for Stake

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