staff: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 11 letter points · starts with S · ends with F
Meaning of staff
noun
- countable, uncountable
A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
- countable, uncountable
A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
- countable, uncountable
People employed by a business or other organisation.
Example: The company employed 10 new members of staff this month.
- uncountable
A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.
Listed forms: staffs, staves.
Source: Wiktionary — staff.
verb
- transitive
To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.
Listed forms: staffs, staffing, staffed.
Source: Wiktionary — staff.
noun
- alt-of, misspelling
Misspelling of staph.
Base or related entry: staph.
Source: Wiktionary — staff.
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 staff.
noun
the body of teachers and administrators at a school
noun
(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is staff in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of staff
S(1) + T(1) + A(1) + F(4) + F(4) = 11 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of staff
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from staff
9 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in staff. Showing up to 24, longest first.