FEST is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. FEST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FEST?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FEST is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FEST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FEST scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FEST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What stands out about FEST
- 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 FEST mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A gathering or event given over to one thing.
Fest arrived from German inside beer fest and songfest and then broke loose: anything at all can have one now, and the joke is usually that there is too much of whatever it is. A snorefest and a bloodfest are both complaints, and that ironic use is far commoner than the plain one.
How FEST is used
Countable: a fest, two fests. Very common as a second element — songfest, snorefest.
- The whole weekend was a fest of one kind or another.
- They called it a beer fest and served two kinds.
- The lecture was billed as a fest of ideas and was nothing of the kind.
- A fest of that size takes a year to organise.
- The word fest at the end of anything is usually a complaint.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FEST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FEST
The 4 tiles of FEST in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with FEST
Showing 24 of 45 words that begin with FEST.
Words ending in FEST
Showing 24 of 35 words that end in FEST. Useful as a back hook: play FEST onto a word already on the board.
Words with FEST inside
Showing 24 of 58 words that contain FEST somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FEST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FEST
Common questions about FEST
- Is FEST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FEST, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FEST worth?
- FEST is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FEST mean?
- A gathering or event given over to one thing.
- What letters can be added to FEST?
- FEST takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FEST:
Open FEST in the Word Finder