ERST is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ERST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ERST?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERST is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ERST scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ERST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What stands out about ERST
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 ERST mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaic
At a former time; formerly; before now.
Erst signals that whatever is being described used to hold true and no longer does. The word now survives chiefly inside the compound erstwhile and in deliberately old-fashioned writing rather than in ordinary modern speech.
How ERST is used
Archaic; encountered in older literature or in writing that imitates an older style, not in current conversation.
- He erst commanded a fleet of a hundred ships.
- The manor, erst a monastery, now stands empty.
- She recalled a peace that erst had seemed unbreakable.
- The land, erst forest, is now open farmland.
- He wrote of a friendship that erst had bound the two houses.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ERST
The 4 tiles of ERST in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ERST
1 longer words begin with ERST.
Words ending in ERST
8 words end in ERST. Useful as a back hook: play ERST onto a word already on the board.
Words with ERST inside
Showing 24 of 328 words that contain ERST somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ERST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ERST
Common questions about ERST
- Is ERST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ERST, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ERST worth?
- ERST is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERST mean?
- At a former time; formerly; before now.
- What letters can be added to ERST?
- ERST takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ERST:
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