Yes, stripes is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Mark with stripes

2. Take away possessions from someone

3. Get undressed

4. Remove the surface from

5. Remove substances from by a percolating liquid

6. Lay bare

7. Steal goods; take as spoils

8. Remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely

9. Strip the cured leaves from

10. Remove the thread (of screws)

11. Remove a constituent from a liquid

12. Take off or remove

13. Draw the last milk (of cows)

14. Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes

Noun

1. V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service

2. An adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material

3. A piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service

4. V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service

5. A kind or category

6. A narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background