stubble

Noun

Short, rough growth, often of beard or cut crops.
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days
Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.

Verb

To produce a crop in a field of stubble that remains after a preceding crop is removed, either by sowing a second crop or by allowing shoots to sprout from the roots of the stubble.

Examples

The STUBBLE of remaining letters on the board suggested a tricky end game.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English stuble, from Anglo-Norman stuble, estuble, from Old French estoble, esteule (whence Modern French éteule), from Latin stipula (“stalk, straw”). Cognate with Dutch stoppel, Central German Stoppel, Upper German Stupfel.

Synonyms

chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, five o'clock shadow, stub, stump

Scrabble Score: 11

stubble: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
stubble: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stubble: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

stubble: valid Words With Friends Word