NEST

What NEST Means

1. noun: a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
2. noun: a kind of gun emplacement“a machine-gun nest”
3. verb: inhabit a nest, usually after building“birds are nesting outside my window every Spring”
4. verb: fit together or fit inside“nested bowls”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NEST is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 4 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 E1 S1 T1.

Anagrams of NEST (4)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In NEST

13 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

3 letter words (7)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing NEST

NEST appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.