GEST is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. GEST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GEST?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GEST is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GEST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GEST scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GEST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about GEST
- The same 4 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 GEST mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
A tale of adventurous deeds, or a notable exploit performed by a hero.
A gest was originally a narrative poem recounting the brave deeds of a knight or hero, close in meaning to the later word geste, and by extension the word also named the exploit itself rather than just the story about it. It is the same root that gave English gesture and jest, though gest itself dropped out of ordinary use centuries ago.
How GEST is used
Archaic; found in older romances and historical or literary writing, not in modern speech.
- The minstrel recited a gest about a knight's lonely quest.
- Old manuscripts preserve the gest of a king's triumphant campaign.
- The chronicle reads more like a gest than a factual record.
- Scholars translated the medieval gest into modern English.
- The poem is structured as a gest celebrating heroic deeds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GEST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GEST
The 4 tiles of GEST in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GEST
Showing 24 of 44 words that begin with GEST.
Words ending in GEST
Showing 24 of 44 words that end in GEST. Useful as a back hook: play GEST onto a word already on the board.
Words with GEST inside
Showing 24 of 144 words that contain GEST somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GEST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GEST
Common questions about GEST
- Is GEST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GEST, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GEST worth?
- GEST is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GEST mean?
- A tale of adventurous deeds, or a notable exploit performed by a hero.
- What letters can be added to GEST?
- GEST takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GEST:
Open GEST in the Word Finder