stile

Meanings

Plural: stiles

Noun

an upright that is a member in a door or window frame
A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass.
A vertical component of a frame or panel, such as that of a door, window, or ladder.
Obsolete form of style.

Verb

Obsolete form of style.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English stile, style, stiȝele, from Old English stiġel (“stile, set of steps for getting over a fence”), from Proto-West Germanic *stigilu, from Proto-Germanic *stigilō (“entry, entrance, overpass, device for climbing, stile”), equivalent to sty (“to ascend, climb”) + -le. Cognate with Dutch stegel (“stirrup”), Low German Stegel (“stile”), German Stiegel (“stile”).

Synonyms

rail, stringer

Scrabble Score: 5

stile is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
stile is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stile is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

stile is a valid Words With Friends word