YEST is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. YEST is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept YEST?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YEST is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YEST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YEST scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YEST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 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 YEST
- 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 YEST mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
The foam produced by fermenting liquids, used to raise bread and ferment beer, in an older spelling now written yeast.
Before spelling settled on yeast, older texts wrote yest for the same froth used in brewing and baking. Today the word appears only when quoting or imitating older English.
How YEST is used
Archaic; encountered in older recipes and texts rather than in modern speech.
- The old recipe called for a spoonful of yest to make the bread rise.
- Brewers of the period added yest to start the fermentation.
- The letter mentioned buying yest and salt for the household baking.
- Modern readers may not recognise yest as an older spelling of yeast.
- He copied the passage that used yest instead of yeast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YEST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YEST
The 4 tiles of YEST in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with YEST
22 longer words begin with YEST.
Words ending in YEST
Showing 24 of 26 words that end in YEST. Useful as a back hook: play YEST onto a word already on the board.
Words with YEST inside
15 words contain YEST in the middle. Words that start with YEST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YEST
Common questions about YEST
- Is YEST valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YEST is not in it.
- How many points is YEST worth?
- YEST is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YEST mean?
- The foam produced by fermenting liquids, used to raise bread and ferment beer, in an older spelling now written yeast.
- What letters can be added to YEST?
- YEST takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YEST:
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