EGEST is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. EGEST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EGEST?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EGEST is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EGEST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EGEST scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in EGEST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 15,843.
What stands out about EGEST
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 EGEST mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To pass waste matter out of the body, especially the undigested residue of food eliminated through the digestive system.
Biology textbooks use egest for the final stage of digestion, the point at which the body pushes out whatever the gut could not absorb as nutrients. The word is closely related to egestion, the noun for this same process, and both stand in direct contrast to ingest, which describes taking food or matter into the body in the first place. Simple organisms such as amoebas egest waste through the same opening they used to take in food, while more complex animals rely on a separate exit for this purpose. Physiologists prefer egest over the more general excrete when they want to stress that the material passing out was never absorbed at all.
How EGEST is used
A technical term from biology and physiology, used for the elimination of undigested waste from the body.
- Single-celled organisms egest waste through a temporary opening in the membrane.
- The digestive system eventually egests whatever it cannot absorb.
- Researchers measured how quickly the insect could egest undigested plant matter.
- The textbook explained how amoebas egest food particles they cannot use.
- Cells that fail to egest waste efficiently may become damaged over time.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EGEST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EGEST
The 5 tiles of EGEST in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with EGEST
7 longer words begin with EGEST.
Words ending in EGEST
1 words end in EGEST. Useful as a back hook: play EGEST onto a word already on the board.
Words with EGEST inside
3 words contain EGEST in the middle. Words that start with EGEST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EGEST
Common questions about EGEST
- Is EGEST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EGEST, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EGEST worth?
- EGEST is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EGEST mean?
- To pass waste matter out of the body, especially the undigested residue of food eliminated through the digestive system.
- What letters can be added to EGEST?
- EGEST takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of EGEST:
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