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Is zest a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word zest is a Scrabble US word. The word zest is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is zest a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word zest is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

Z10E1S1T1

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

ZEST,

3-letter words (4 found)

EST,SET,SEZ,TES,

2-letter words (5 found)

ES,ET,ST,TE,ZE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 11 words from zest according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of zest

zest ezst zset szet eszt sezt zets ezts ztes tzes etzs tezs zste szte ztse tzse stze tsze estz setz etsz tesz stez tsez

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word zest. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in zest.

Definitions and meaning of zest

zest

Etymology

Borrowed from French zeste.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɛst/
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

zest (countable and uncountable, plural zests)

  1. The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.
  2. General vibrance of flavour.
  3. (by extension) Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
    • 1728, Edward Young, Love of Fame, the Universal Passion, Satire II in The Works of the Reverend Edward Young, London: P. Brown, H. Hill & S. Payne, 1765, Volume I, p. 85,[3]
      Almighty vanity! to thee they owe
      Their zest of pleasure, and their balm of woe.
    • 1807, Thomas Cogan, An Ethical Treatise on the Passions, Bath: Hazard & Binns, Part 1, Disquisition 1, Chapter 1, Section 1 “On the utility of the Passions and Affections,” p. 51,[4]
      Liberality of disposition and conduct gives the highest zest and relish to social intercourse.
  4. (rare) The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.
  5. (slang, LGBT, derogatory) State of being effeminate or a flamboyant homosexual.

Synonyms

  • (enthusiasm): gusto, relish
  • (general vibrance of flavour): punch, spice, tang, zing

Derived terms

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Verb

zest (third-person singular simple present zests, present participle zesting, simple past and past participle zested)

  1. (cooking) To scrape the zest from a fruit.
  2. To make more zesty.

Derived terms

  • zester

References

Anagrams

  • Tsez

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɛst/

Noun

zest m (plural zests)

  1. zest (of a fruit)

Further reading

  • “zest”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Noun

zest c

  1. zest; the outer skin of a citrus fruit

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Source: wiktionary.org