PREST is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PREST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PREST?
| 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 PREST is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PREST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PREST scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PREST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about PREST
- 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 PREST mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A loan or payment of money made in advance, especially one paid to enable a person to begin an undertaking or enter military service.
In earlier English law and administration, a prest was money advanced from the crown or an employer before work was completed, often to a soldier or sailor about to be sent on campaign, so he would have funds in hand before pay properly began. Sheriffs and other officials sometimes owed a prest themselves, money they still held on account and had not yet settled with the exchequer. The same root gives English the adjective prest, meaning ready or prepared, since a prest payment was money kept ready for exactly this purpose. Prest survives today mainly in historical and legal writing about older financial and military practice rather than in current use.
How PREST is used
A historical and legal term for money advanced in this way; rarely used outside older records and specialist history.
- The captain drew a prest to equip his men before the fleet sailed.
- Records show the sheriff still owed a prest from the previous year.
- A prest of several pounds let the recruit buy his own kit before enlisting.
- Historians traced the prest through the exchequer's old account books.
- The crown often advanced a prest to contractors starting royal building work.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PREST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PREST
The 5 tiles of PREST in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with PREST
Showing 24 of 53 words that begin with PREST.
Words ending in PREST
2 words end in PREST. Useful as a back hook: play PREST onto a word already on the board.
Words with PREST inside
6 words contain PREST in the middle. Words that start with PREST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PREST
Common questions about PREST
- Is PREST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PREST, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PREST worth?
- PREST is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PREST mean?
- A loan or payment of money made in advance, especially one paid to enable a person to begin an undertaking or enter military service.
- What letters can be added to PREST?
- PREST takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PREST:
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