SESTET is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SESTET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SESTET?
| 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 SESTET is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SESTET
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SESTET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SESTET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 200,682.
What stands out about SESTET
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 SESTET mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A stanza or group of six lines of verse, especially the final six lines of an Italian sonnet.
A sestet completes the classic Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnet, following an opening octave of eight lines and typically turning the poem toward a resolution, answer, or shift in tone. Poets and critics also use sestet more loosely for any six-line stanza that stands on its own outside the sonnet form. The word comes from the Italian sestetto, built on the number six, the same root that gives English words like sextet in music. Reading how a sestet responds to the octave that precedes it is a standard exercise in the study of sonnet structure.
How SESTET is used
Literary; used in poetry criticism and the study of sonnet form rather than in everyday speech.
- The sonnet's sestet answers the question raised in the octave.
- A well-built sestet can completely change the poem's direction.
- Students were asked to write an original sestet for homework.
- The final sestet brings the argument of the poem to a close.
- Petrarch's sonnets are known for the turn between octave and sestet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SESTET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SESTET
The 6 tiles of SESTET in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SESTET
7 longer words begin with SESTET.
Shorter words from the letters in SESTET
Common questions about SESTET
- Is SESTET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SESTET, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SESTET worth?
- SESTET is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SESTET mean?
- A stanza or group of six lines of verse, especially the final six lines of an Italian sonnet.
- What letters can be added to SESTET?
- SESTET takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SESTET:
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