What PEST Means
- noun: a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- noun: any epidemic disease with a high death rate
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PEST is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 E1 S1 T1.
Anagrams of PEST (4)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In PEST
11 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 (6)
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing PEST
PEST appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
ALPESTRINEANAPESTANAPESTICANAPESTICSANAPESTSAPPESTATAPPESTATSBEPESTERBEPESTEREDBEPESTERSCAMPESTCAMPESTRALCHEAPESTCOPESTONECOPESTONESCRISPESTCRUMPESTDAMPESTDEEPESTDOPESTERDOPESTERSFLIPPESTGRAPESTONEHEPPESTHIPPESTHYPESTERHYPESTERSJIMPESTLIMPESTPESTERPESTEREDPESTERERPESTERERSPESTERINGPESTERMENTPESTEROUSPESTERSPESTFULPESTHOLEPESTHOLES
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