ARREST is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ARREST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARREST?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARREST is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARREST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
arrestsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARREST scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ARREST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,660.
What stands out about ARREST
- The same 6 tiles also spell 7 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ARREST mean in Scrabble?
verb
To seize a person by legal authority and take them into custody, or more broadly, to stop or hold back a process, motion, or development.
Police arrest someone when they have grounds to believe that person has broken the law, taking them into custody so that formal charges can follow. Beyond its legal sense, arrest is also used more broadly to mean stopping or checking something in its tracks, as when doctors describe a treatment that can arrest the progress of a disease. The noun form, an arrest, names the act itself, whether it refers to detaining a suspect or halting a process.
How ARREST is used
A common verb used both in its everyday legal sense and, more formally, to describe halting or checking any process or motion.
- Officers moved in to arrest the suspect outside the bank.
- The new medication helped arrest the spread of the infection.
- She watched in shock as police began to arrest her neighbor.
- Engineers hoped the reinforcement would arrest further cracking in the bridge.
- The judge reviewed the circumstances of the arrest before setting bail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARREST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARREST
The 6 tiles of ARREST in a different order — 7 found.
Words starting with ARREST
18 longer words begin with ARREST.
Shorter words from the letters in ARREST
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Common questions about ARREST
- Is ARREST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARREST, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARREST worth?
- ARREST is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARREST mean?
- To seize a person by legal authority and take them into custody, or more broadly, to stop or hold back a process, motion, or development.
- What letters can be added to ARREST?
- ARREST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ARREST:
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