AESTHETE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. AESTHETE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AESTHETE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AESTHETE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AESTHETE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aesthetesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AESTHETE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in AESTHETE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AESTHETE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AESTHETE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who has or claims a keen appreciation of beauty and art.
An aesthete puts beauty first, often in dress, taste and conversation. The word can be admiring or slightly mocking, depending on who says it. Oscar Wilde and his circle made the aesthete a famous Victorian type.
How AESTHETE is used
Aesthete may be neutral or mildly ironic, and the American spelling is esthete.
- The aesthete refused to sit in an ugly room.
- A true aesthete can spend hours in front of one painting.
- Critics called him a pale aesthete with no interest in sport.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AESTHETE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AESTHETE
1 longer words begin with AESTHETE.
Shorter words from the letters in AESTHETE
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Common questions about AESTHETE
- Is AESTHETE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AESTHETE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AESTHETE worth?
- AESTHETE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AESTHETE mean?
- A person who has or claims a keen appreciation of beauty and art.
- What letters can be added to AESTHETE?
- AESTHETE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of AESTHETE:
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