HEIST is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HEIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEIST?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEIST is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEIST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEIST scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HEIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about HEIST
- The same 5 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 HEIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
A robbery or theft, especially one that is carefully planned in advance and involves a substantial haul, such as money, jewels, or valuable goods.
A heist usually implies more planning and organisation than an ordinary theft, often involving several people, disguises, or elaborate methods for bypassing security. American slang popularized the word during the early twentieth century, and it later became closely linked with a whole genre of crime films built around the planning and execution of a big theft. As a verb, to heist something means to steal it, though the noun remains far more common in everyday speech and headlines. News coverage of a major robbery frequently reaches for heist specifically when the crime involved careful preparation rather than a spontaneous, opportunistic theft.
How HEIST is used
Informal, common in journalism and popular crime fiction for an elaborately planned robbery.
- The gang planned the bank heist for months.
- Police recovered most of the jewels stolen in the heist.
- The film follows a crew pulling off an elaborate heist.
- Investigators studied security footage from the heist.
- He was accused of masterminding the museum heist.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEIST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HEIST
The 5 tiles of HEIST in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with HEIST
5 longer words begin with HEIST.
Words ending in HEIST
13 words end in HEIST. Useful as a back hook: play HEIST onto a word already on the board.
Words with HEIST inside
Showing 24 of 37 words that contain HEIST somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HEIST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HEIST
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Common questions about HEIST
- Is HEIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEIST, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEIST worth?
- HEIST is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEIST mean?
- A robbery or theft, especially one that is carefully planned in advance and involves a substantial haul, such as money, jewels, or valuable goods.
- What letters can be added to HEIST?
- HEIST takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HEIST:
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