stable: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with S · ends with E
Meaning of stable
noun
A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
Example: There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.
- metonymically
All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
- Scotland
A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
Listed forms: stables.
Source: Wiktionary — stable.
verb
- transitive
To put or keep (an animal) in a stable.
- intransitive
To dwell in a stable.
- transitive
To park (a rail vehicle).
Listed forms: stables, stabling, stabled.
Source: Wiktionary — stable.
adj
Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
Example: He was in a stable relationship.
Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version.
Example: You should download the 1.9 version of that video editing software: it is the latest stable version. The newer beta version has some bugs.
That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.
Eventually satisfying the identity IM_n=M_n+1.
Listed forms: stabler, stablest.
Source: Wiktionary — stable.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for stable.
adjective
showing little if any change
noun
a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
- stalls
- horse barn
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is stable in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of stable
S(1) + T(1) + A(1) + B(3) + L(1) + E(1) = 8 points.
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Anagrams of stable
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from stable
103 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in stable. Showing up to 24, longest first.