HEST is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. HEST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEST?
| 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 HEST 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 HEST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEST scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HEST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 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 HEST
- 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 HEST mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An archaic word for a command or order.
In older English, a hest was an instruction given by someone in authority, often a ruler or a divine power. The word survives mainly in poetic or biblical-style writing today.
How HEST is used
Rarely used outside archaic, poetic, or biblical-style writing.
- The knights obeyed the kings hest without question.
- At her hest, the gates were opened before dawn.
- The old text describes the hest given to the first settlers.
- He followed the hest of the council despite his doubts.
- The priests carried out every hest handed down from the temple.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HEST
The 4 tiles of HEST in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with HEST
2 longer words begin with HEST.
Words ending in HEST
Showing 24 of 56 words that end in HEST. Useful as a back hook: play HEST onto a word already on the board.
Words with HEST inside
Showing 24 of 57 words that contain HEST somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HEST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HEST
Common questions about HEST
- Is HEST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEST, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEST worth?
- HEST is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEST mean?
- An archaic word for a command or order.
- What letters can be added to HEST?
- HEST takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HEST:
Open HEST in the Word Finder