HORST is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HORST 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 HORST?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HORST is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HORST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HORST scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HORST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What stands out about HORST
- The letters of HORST run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HORST mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A long, upward-displaced section of bedrock left standing between two faults after the ground on either side has dropped or shifted downward.
Geologists use horst to describe the block that remains standing when the crust on either side of it drops down along faults, the opposite process to a graben, where the central block sinks rather than rises. This pairing of features often forms together as tension in the crust pulls the ground apart, creating alternating raised and sunken blocks across a region, a pattern visible in landscapes such as the Basin and Range province of the western United States. Because the process happens over geological time, a horst can form the core of an entire mountain range, later shaped further by erosion and weathering at the surface. The term entered English directly from German, where it originally meant a thicket or an elevated patch of ground.
How HORST is used
A technical geological term, used mainly in academic and scientific writing about crustal structure and mountain formation.
- The mountain range formed as a horst between two active fault lines.
- Geologists mapped the horst and the graben beside it.
- Erosion later softened the sharp edges of the ancient horst.
- The field trip examined a classic horst and graben landscape.
- Faulting on both sides lifted the horst relative to the valley floor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HORST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HORST
The 5 tiles of HORST in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HORST
3 longer words begin with HORST.
Shorter words from the letters in HORST
Common questions about HORST
- Is HORST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HORST, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HORST worth?
- HORST is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HORST mean?
- A long, upward-displaced section of bedrock left standing between two faults after the ground on either side has dropped or shifted downward.
- What letters can be added to HORST?
- HORST takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HORST:
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