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Is cuesta a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cuesta is a Scrabble US word. The word cuesta is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

C3U1E1S1T1A1

Is cuesta a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cuesta is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

C3U1E1S1T1A1

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Yes. The word cuesta is a Words With Friends word. The word cuesta is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

ACUTES,CUESTA,

5-letter words (12 found)

ACUTE,CASTE,CATES,CAUSE,CESTA,CUTES,SAUCE,SAUTE,SCEAT,SCUTA,SCUTE,TACES,

4-letter words (33 found)

ACES,ACTS,AESC,ATES,CASE,CAST,CATE,CATS,CEAS,CUES,CUTE,CUTS,EAST,EATS,EAUS,ECUS,ETAS,SATE,SAUT,SCAT,SCUT,SEAT,SECT,SETA,SUET,TACE,TAES,TASE,TAUS,TEAS,TECS,UTAS,UTES,

3-letter words (32 found)

ACE,ACT,ATE,ATS,AUE,CAT,CUE,CUT,EAS,EAT,EAU,ECU,EST,ETA,SAC,SAE,SAT,SAU,SEA,SEC,SET,SUE,TAE,TAS,TAU,TEA,TEC,TES,USE,UTA,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AS,AT,EA,ES,ET,ST,TA,TE,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 91 words from cuesta according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cuesta

cuesta

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cuesta (“slope”). Doublet of coast.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɛstə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛstə

Noun

cuesta (plural cuestas)

  1. (geomorphology) A hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other.

Further reading

  • cuesta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Escaut, acutes, causet, scutae

Asturian

Noun

cuesta f (plural cuestes)

  1. slope

French

Pronunciation

Noun

cuesta f (plural cuestas)

  1. (geology) cuesta

Lombard

Alternative forms

  • chesta (formal variant)
  • questa (Western orthography)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʷesta/
    • (Western) IPA(key): [ˈkʷɛstɑ], [ˈkʷestɑ]
    • (Novarese) IPA(key): [ˈkustɑ]

Determiner

cuesta f

  1. feminine singular of cuest (“this”)

Pronoun

cuesta f

  1. feminine singular of cuest (“this”)

Synonyms

  • chella chí, cuella chí

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwesta/ [ˈkwes.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -esta
  • Syllabification: cues‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin costa (“rib; side, wall”), later coming to mean “edge” or “coast” in Medieval Latin. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kost-. Compare the borrowed doublet costa.

Noun

cuesta f (plural cuestas)

  1. (geology) slope (acclivity or declivity)
    Synonym: pendiente
  2. (geography) cuesta
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cuesta

  1. inflection of costar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “cuesta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org