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Is esteem a Scrabble word?

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

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Is esteem a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word esteem is a Words With Friends word. The word esteem is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

ESTEEM,MESTEE,

5-letter words (8 found)

MEETS,METES,SEMEE,STEEM,STEME,TEEMS,TEMES,TEMSE,

4-letter words (14 found)

EMES,MEES,MEET,MESE,METE,METS,SEEM,SEME,SMEE,STEM,TEEM,TEES,TEME,TEMS,

3-letter words (10 found)

EME,EMS,EST,MEE,MES,MET,SEE,SET,TEE,TES,

2-letter words (7 found)

EE,EM,ES,ET,ME,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 42 words from esteem according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of esteem

esteem

Alternative forms

  • æsteem (archaic)
  • esteeme (obsolete)

Etymology

First at end of 16th century; borrowed from Middle French estimer, from Latin aestimō (“to value, rate, weigh, estimate”); see estimate and aim, an older word, partly a doublet of esteem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˈstiːm/, /əˈstiːm/
  • Rhymes: -iːm

Noun

esteem (usually uncountable, plural esteems)

  1. Favourable regard.

Derived terms

  • self-esteem

Translations

Verb

esteem (third-person singular simple present esteems, present participle esteeming, simple past and past participle esteemed)

  1. To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
  2. To regard something as valuable; to prize.
  3. To look upon something in a particular way.
    • 1535, Edmund Bonner, De vera obedientia by Stephen Gardiner (Preface)
      Thou shouldest (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence.
  4. (dated) To judge; to estimate; to appraise

Synonyms

  • (to regard with respect): respect, revere
  • (to regard as valuable): cherish

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "to regard with respect"): contemn, despise
  • (antonym(s) of "to regard as valuable"): scorn, slight

Translations

References

  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “esteem”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Further reading

  • “esteem”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “esteem”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Mestee, mestee

Galician

Verb

esteem

  1. (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) inflection of estear:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Source: wiktionary.org