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Is tempest a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tempest is a Scrabble US word. The word tempest is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is tempest a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tempest is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is tempest a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tempest is a Words With Friends word. The word tempest is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

TEMPEST,

6-letter words (2 found)

SEPTET,TEMPTS,

5-letter words (14 found)

EMPTS,MEETS,METES,STEEM,STEEP,STEME,STEPT,TEEMS,TEMES,TEMPS,TEMPT,TEMSE,TESTE,TETES,

4-letter words (28 found)

EMES,EMPT,MEES,MEET,MESE,METE,METS,PEES,PEST,PETS,SEEM,SEEP,SEME,SEPT,SETT,SMEE,SPET,STEM,STEP,STET,TEEM,TEES,TEME,TEMP,TEMS,TEST,TETE,TETS,

3-letter words (15 found)

EME,EMS,EST,MEE,MES,MET,PEE,PES,PET,PST,SEE,SET,TEE,TES,TET,

2-letter words (8 found)

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

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 69 words from tempest according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tempest

tempest

Etymology

From Old French tempeste (French tempête), from Latin tempestas (“storm”), from tempus (“time, weather”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛmpəst/
  • Hyphenation: tem‧pest

Noun

tempest (plural tempests)

  1. A storm, especially one with severe winds.
  2. Any violent tumult or commotion.
  3. (obsolete) A fashionable social gathering; a drum.

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Verb

tempest (third-person singular simple present tempests, present participle tempesting, simple past and past participle tempested)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To storm.
  2. (transitive, chiefly poetic) To disturb, as by a tempest.

Translations

References

  • tempest in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
  • “tempest”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “tempest”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Middle English

Etymology

Old French tempeste

Noun

tempest (plural tempests)

  1. tempest (storm)

Descendants

  • English: tempest
  • → Middle Irish: tubaiste
    • Irish: tubaiste
    • Scottish Gaelic: tubaist

Source: wiktionary.org