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Is yest a Scrabble word?

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

Y4E1S1T1

Is yest a Scrabble UK word?

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

Y4E1S1T1

Is yest a Words With Friends word?

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4-letter words (4 found)

STEY,STYE,TYES,YEST,

3-letter words (9 found)

EST,SET,SEY,STY,SYE,TES,TYE,YES,YET,

2-letter words (5 found)

ES,ET,ST,TE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 19 words from yest according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of yest

yest

English

Noun

yest (plural yests)

  1. Obsolete spelling of yeast.

Anagrams

  • Tyes, Esty, stye, yets, yet's, tyes, stey, teys, etys

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ġist, ġyst, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz.

Alternative forms

  • yeste, ȝeest, ȝest, yeaste, gyst, gest, yeest

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛst/, /jɛːst/
  • Rhymes: -ɛst, -ɛːst

Noun

yest (uncountable)

  1. The broth or foam created by beer.
Descendants
  • English: yeast
  • Scots: yest
References
  • “yē̆st, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.

Etymology 2

Noun

yest

  1. Alternative form of geste (“tale”)

Source: wiktionary.org