Is GESTS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts GESTS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is GESTS worth?

GESTS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to GESTS?

GESTS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

GESTS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points

Yes. GESTS 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.

g2e1s1t1s1

PlayableGESTS · 5 letters · 6 pts Scrabble · 7 pts WWF

6points in Scrabble

7points in Words with Friends

5letters

1hook available

1 in 58,092odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept GESTS?

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: 28 / 100

28WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.2

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

5.8%

Our own measure of how useful GESTS is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for GESTS

Front hooks — 1

egests7

Back hooks — 0

None.

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.

How GESTS scores

Scrabble g2e1s1t1s1 6

Words with Friends g3e1s1t1s1 7

Face value of the 5 tiles in GESTS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
g	1	3
e	1	12
s	2	4
t	1	6

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.

Words ending in GESTS

egests7 digests9 ingests8 regests8 bargests11 congests11 disgests10 suggests10 almagests12 indigests11 redigests11 decongests14 predigests14 autosuggests14

14 words end in GESTS. Useful as a back hook: play GESTS onto a word already on the board.

Shorter words from the letters in GESTS

gest5 gets5 segs5 tegs5 ests4 sets4 get4 seg4 teg4 ess3 est3 ses3 set3 tes3 es2 et2 st2 te2

Common questions about GESTS

Is GESTS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts GESTS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is GESTS worth?: GESTS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to GESTS?: GESTS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GESTS:

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