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Is earnest a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word earnest is a Scrabble US word. The word earnest is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is earnest a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word earnest is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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Is earnest a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word earnest is a Words With Friends word. The word earnest is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (5 found)

EARNEST,EASTERN,NEAREST,RATEENS,STERANE,

6-letter words (33 found)

ANTRES,ARENES,ARETES,ASTERN,EASTER,EATERS,ENATES,ENSATE,ENSEAR,ENTERA,ENTERS,NEATER,NESTER,RANEES,RATEEN,REATES,RENEST,RENTES,RESEAT,RESENT,SAETER,SATEEN,SEATER,SENATE,STEANE,STEARE,STERNA,STRENE,TEASER,TENSER,TERNES,TRANSE,TREENS,

5-letter words (71 found)

ANTES,ANTRE,ARENE,ARETE,ARETS,ASTER,EARNS,EARNT,EARST,EASER,EATEN,EATER,ENATE,ENTER,ERASE,ERNES,ESTER,ETENS,ETNAS,NARES,NATES,NEARS,NEATS,NERTS,NETES,RANEE,RANTS,RATES,REANS,REAST,REATE,REENS,REEST,RENTE,RENTS,RESAT,RESET,SANER,SAREE,SEARE,SENTE,SETAE,SNARE,SNEER,STANE,STARE,STARN,STEAN,STEAR,STEEN,STEER,STERE,STERN,STRAE,TARES,TARNS,TASER,TEARS,TEASE,TEENS,TEERS,TENES,TENSE,TERAS,TERES,TERNE,TERNS,TERSE,TRANS,TREEN,TREES,

4-letter words (82 found)

ANES,ANTE,ANTS,ARES,ARET,ARSE,ARTS,ATES,EANS,EARN,EARS,EASE,EAST,EATS,ENES,ENTS,ERAS,ERES,ERNE,ERNS,ERST,ESNE,ETAS,ETEN,ETNA,NAES,NARE,NATS,NEAR,NEAT,NEST,NETE,NETS,RANT,RASE,RAST,RATE,RATS,REAN,REEN,REES,RENS,RENT,REST,RETE,RETS,SANE,SANT,SATE,SEAN,SEAR,SEAT,SEEN,SEER,SENA,SENE,SENT,SERA,SERE,SETA,SNAR,SNEE,STAR,STEN,TAES,TANE,TANS,TARE,TARN,TARS,TASE,TEAR,TEAS,TEEN,TEER,TEES,TENE,TENS,TERN,TREE,TRES,TSAR,

3-letter words (50 found)

ANE,ANS,ANT,ARE,ARS,ART,ATE,ATS,EAN,EAR,EAS,EAT,EEN,ENE,ENS,ERA,ERE,ERN,ERS,EST,ETA,NAE,NAS,NAT,NEE,NET,RAN,RAS,RAT,REE,REN,RES,RET,SAE,SAN,SAR,SAT,SEA,SEE,SEN,SER,SET,TAE,TAN,TAR,TAS,TEA,TEE,TEN,TES,

2-letter words (17 found)

AE,AN,AR,AS,AT,EA,EE,EN,ER,ES,ET,NA,NE,RE,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 259 words from earnest according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of earnest

earnest

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɝ.nɪst/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɜː.nɪst/
  • Homophone: Ernest

Etymology 1

From Middle English ernest, eornest, from Old English eornest, eornost, eornust (“earnestness, zeal, seriousness, battle”), from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz (“earnest, strength, solidity, struggle, fight”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *arniz (“efficient, capable, diligent, sure”), from Proto-Indo-European *er- (“to cause to move, arouse, increase”). Cognate with West Frisian earnst (“earnest, seriousness”), Dutch ernst (“seriousness, gravity, earnest”), German Ernst (“seriousness, earnestness, zeal, vigour”), Icelandic ern (“brisk, vigorous”), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐌱𐌰 (arniba, “secure, certain, sure”).

The adjective is from Middle English eornest, from Old English eornoste (“earnest, zealous, serious”), from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian ernste (“earnest”), Middle Low German ernest, ernst (“serious, earnest”), German ernst (“serious, earnest”).

Noun

earnest (uncountable)

  1. Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.
    • 1914, February 13, The Times, Obituary: Canon Augustus Jessopp
      He wrote well in a forcible, colloquial style, with the air of being tremendously in earnest, and full of knowledge which overflowed his pages, tricked out with somewhat boisterous illustrations.
  2. Seriousness; reality; actuality (as opposed to joking or pretence)
Derived terms
  • earnestful
  • in earnest
Translations

Verb

earnest (third-person singular simple present earnests, present participle earnesting, simple past and past participle earnested)

  1. (transitive) To be serious with; use in earnest.

Adjective

earnest (comparative earnester or more earnest, superlative earnestest or most earnest)

  1. (said of an action or an utterance) Serious, sincere, ingenuous.
  2. (with a positive sense) Focused in the pursuit of an objective; honestly eager to obtain or do.
  3. Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.
  4. (said of a person or a person's character) Possessing or characterised by seriousness.
  5. Strenuous; diligent.
  6. Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.
Derived terms
  • earnestly
  • earnestness
  • in earnest
Translations

Etymology 2

Uncertain; apparently related to erres. Compare also arles.

Noun

earnest (plural earnests)

  2. A sum of money paid in advance as a deposit; hence, a pledge, a guarantee, an indication of something to come.
Translations

See also

  • Earnest
  • earnest money

Etymology 3

earn +‎ -est

Verb

earnest

  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of earn

Anagrams

  • Eastern, Saetern, Tareens, eastern, estrane, nearest, renates, sterane

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