East in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from East

You can make 34 words from 'east' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 4 letters words from 'east'
• 3 letters words from 'east'
• 2 letters words from 'east'

4 letters words from 'east'

ATES 4	EAST 4
EATS 4	ETAS 4
SATE 4	SEAT 4
SETA 4	TAES 4
TASE 4	TEAS 4

3 letters words from 'east'

ATE 3	ATS 3
EAS 3	EAT 3
EST 3	ETA 3
SAE 3	SAT 3
SEA 3	SET 3
TAE 3	TAS 3
TEA 3	TES 3

2 letters words from 'east'

AE 2	AS 2
AT 2	EA 2
ES 2	ET 2
ST 2	TA 2
TE 2

Definitions and meaning of east

east

Etymology

From Middle English est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-Germanic *austrą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-.

Compare West Frisian east, Dutch oost, German Ost, Norwegian Nynorsk aust, Swedish öst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːst/, enPR: ēst
• Rhymes: -iːst

Noun

east (countable and uncountable, plural easts)

1. One of the four principal compass points, specifically 90°, conventionally directed to the right on maps; the direction of the rising sun at an equinox. Abbreviated as E.
   • 1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure

     In a few hours the birds come to it from all points of the compass – east, west, north, and south […]

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

Derived terms

Translations

Also see Appendix:Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points

Adjective

east (not comparable)

1. Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
2. (meteorology) wind from the east
3. Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
4. From the East; oriental.
5. (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which contains the choir or chancel.

   the east front of a cathedral

Synonyms

• (situated or lying in or towards the east): eastward
• (meteorology: wind from the east): easterly
• (of or pertaining to the east): eastern
• (from the East): oriental

Antonyms

• (situated or lying in or towards the east): westward
• (meteorology: wind from the east): westerly
• (of or pertaining to the east): western

Translations

Adverb

east (not comparable)

1. towards the east; eastwards

Synonyms

• (towards the east): eastwards

Antonyms

• (towards the east): west. westwards

Translations

Anagrams

• AEST, ESTA, SEAT, Seat, TEAs, eats, etas, sate, saté, seat, seta, tase, teas

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Estonian

Noun

east

1. elative singular of iga

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *austrą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“eastern”). Cognate with Old Frisian āst, Old Saxon ost, Dutch oost, Old High German ōst, German Osten, Old Norse austr. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin auster (“southerly”) and aurora (“dawn”), Latvian austrumi (“easterly”), Albanian ag (“dawn, early morning; black mark round the eyes”), Proto-Slavic *utro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ͜ɑːst/

Noun

ēast m

1. the east

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: est
  • English: east
  • Scots: eist, aist
• → Old French: est
  • French: est
    • → Asturian: este
    • → Catalan: est
    • → Corsican: este, est
    • → Galician: leste
    • → Italian: est
    • → Occitan: èst
    • → Portuguese: este, → leste
    • → Romanian: est
    • → Spanish: este

Adjective

ēast

1. eastern, easterly

Declension

Adverb

ēast

1. from the east
2. towards the east

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian āst, from Proto-Germanic *austrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.əst/

Adjective

east

1. east, eastern, easterly

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “east”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Noun

east n (plural [please provide])

1. east

Further reading

• “east”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Noun

east c (plural [please provide])

1. east, eastern former colonies

Further reading

• “east”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Source: wiktionary.org

• to turn east (a point on the compass).
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)