EST is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 3 points
Yes for Scrabble. EST is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept EST?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EST is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 16 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EST
Front hooks — 15
bestBack hooks — 1
estsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EST scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in EST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 561.
What stands out about EST
- The same 3 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 EST mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicaltrademark
A structured group programme from the 1970s designed to help participants gain greater self-awareness and personal insight through intensive group sessions.
Est brought large groups of people together for long, demanding sessions led by a trainer, with the stated goal of helping each participant see their own patterns of thought and behaviour more clearly. It became one of the best-known examples of the personal-growth movement of its era, and the name is still used to describe similar intensive self-awareness courses.
How EST is used
Chiefly historical; most often mentioned when discussing the personal-growth movement of the 1970s.
- Her parents attended an est weekend in the seventies and talked about it for years afterward.
- The documentary traced how est shaped later self-help seminars.
- He described est as exhausting but strangely clarifying.
- Critics accused est of pressuring participants during the long sessions.
- The book compares est to other group programmes of the same decade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EST
The 3 tiles of EST in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with EST
Showing 24 of 173 words that begin with EST.
Words ending in EST
Showing 24 of 3318 words that end in EST. Useful as a back hook: play EST onto a word already on the board.
Words with EST inside
Showing 24 of 2748 words that contain EST somewhere in the middle. Words that start with EST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EST
Common questions about EST
- Is EST valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and EST is not in it.
- How many points is EST worth?
- EST is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EST mean?
- A structured group programme from the 1970s designed to help participants gain greater self-awareness and personal insight through intensive group sessions.
- What letters can be added to EST?
- EST takes 16 hooks: 15 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of EST:
Open EST in the Word Finder