stroke: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 10 letter points · starts with S · ends with E
Meaning of stroke
noun
An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
Example: a stroke on the chin
An act of hitting; a blow, a hit. An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.
Example: Singapore plans to cane scammers and scam mules, with mandatory caning of at least six strokes for scammers and discretionary caning for mules.
An act of hitting; a blow, a hit. A single movement with a tool; also, an impact of a tool on an object.
An act of hitting; a blow, a hit. The hitting of a bell or similar by the clapper or hammer of a clock; the sound thereof; the time when this occurs.
Example: on the stroke of midnight
Listed forms: strokes, stroak.
Source: Wiktionary — stroke.
verb
- transitive
To draw the horizontal line across the upright part (of the letter t).
- transitive
Followed by out or through: to draw a line or lines through (text) to indicate that it is deleted; to cancel, to strike or strike out.
- transitive
To hit or kick (the ball) with a flowing or smooth motion; also, to score (a goal, a point, etc.) by doing so.
- transitive
Of a rower or a crew: to row at (a rate of a certain number of strokes (“movements of the oar through water”) per minute).
Listed forms: strokes, stroking, stroked.
Source: Wiktionary — stroke.
verb
- transitive
To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.
- broadly, intransitive, transitive, uncommon, vulgar
To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress. To masturbate.
- also, figuratively, transitive
To bring (something) to a certain condition by stroking (sense 1).
- especially, figuratively, transitive
To give assurance to (someone) through encouragement.
Listed forms: strokes, stroking, stroked, glossary, strokest.
Source: Wiktionary — stroke.
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 stroke.
noun
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
noun
the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- throw
- cam stroke
noun
a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
- apoplexy
- cerebrovascular accident
- CVA
noun
a light touch with the hands
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is stroke in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of stroke
S(1) + T(1) + R(1) + O(1) + K(5) + E(1) = 10 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 stroke
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from stroke
56 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in stroke. Showing up to 24, longest first.