VERST is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. VERST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VERST?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VERST is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VERST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VERST scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VERST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does VERST mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A Russian unit of distance equal to about 1.07 kilometres, or roughly two thirds of a mile.
The verst was the standard measure of distance across the Russian Empire before the country adopted the metric system, and it still turns up constantly in nineteenth-century Russian novels and travel writing. Distances along roads and between towns were commonly given in versts rather than miles or kilometres. Because Russia now uses the metric system, the word survives mainly in translated literature and historical accounts rather than in present-day use.
How VERST is used
Historical unit; met almost exclusively in older Russian literature and history, not in present-day use.
- The village lay some ten versts from the nearest town.
- He rode nearly forty versts before stopping to rest the horse.
- The old map marked distances in versts rather than kilometres.
- They walked the last verst in silence through the snow.
- The novel describes a journey of several hundred versts across the steppe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VERST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VERST
The 5 tiles of VERST in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with VERST
3 longer words begin with VERST.
Words ending in VERST
2 words end in VERST. Useful as a back hook: play VERST onto a word already on the board.
Words with VERST inside
Showing 24 of 103 words that contain VERST somewhere in the middle. Words that start with VERST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VERST
Common questions about VERST
- Is VERST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VERST, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VERST worth?
- VERST is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VERST mean?
- A Russian unit of distance equal to about 1.07 kilometres, or roughly two thirds of a mile.
- What letters can be added to VERST?
- VERST takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VERST:
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