CHEST is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CHEST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHEST?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHEST is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHEST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHEST scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHEST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does CHEST mean in Scrabble?
noun
The front part of the human or animal body between the neck and the abdomen, enclosed by the ribs.
The chest houses the lungs and heart behind the protective cage of the ribs and breastbone, so doctors listen to the chest with a stethoscope to check breathing and heartbeat, and a tight feeling in the chest is often an early sign of illness or anxiety. Long before the word settled on this anatomical sense, chest named a large storage box with a lid, and that older meaning survives in a treasure chest, a tool chest, and a chest of drawers built for folding clothes. Sports commentators also use chest as a verb, describing a player who chests a ball, controlling it against the front of the body rather than kicking or catching it. Because the box and the body part share one word, English speakers sometimes joke about keeping secrets close to the chest, blending both senses at once.
How CHEST is used
An everyday word covering both the front of the body, in medical and casual speech, and the older sense of a large storage box.
- The doctor pressed the stethoscope against his chest.
- She locked the family jewels in an old wooden chest.
- He felt a tight pain in his chest during the climb.
- They bought a chest of drawers for the nursery.
- The footballer chested the ball down before shooting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHEST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHEST
The 5 tiles of CHEST in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CHEST
15 longer words begin with CHEST.
Words ending in CHEST
12 words end in CHEST. Useful as a back hook: play CHEST onto a word already on the board.
Words with CHEST inside
Showing 24 of 37 words that contain CHEST somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CHEST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHEST
Common questions about CHEST
- Is CHEST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHEST, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHEST worth?
- CHEST is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHEST mean?
- The front part of the human or animal body between the neck and the abdomen, enclosed by the ribs.
- What letters can be added to CHEST?
- CHEST takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHEST:
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