1,796 words
Words ending in -est
1,796 words end in -est, and 149 of them are everyday words. The superlative. Three letters that turn a five-letter adjective into an eight-letter bonus.
- 1,796
- Words ending in -est
- 149
- Everyday words among them
- 3 pts
- The ending -est is worth this on its own
- 33 pts
- Best score, from JAZZIEST
Using an ending rather than memorising words
This is the habit that separates players who find bonus words from players who do not. Stop looking at your rack as seven separate letters and start looking for a stem plus an ending. If -est is sitting in your tiles, the real question is what 4 letter word the rest of your rack makes.
The same trick solves crosswords. Search the pattern ?????est and you will see how few options an ending really leaves.
The list
14 letter words
113 letter words
112 letter words
1811 letter words
75
friendliest 15
abstractest 15
autosuggest 13
carefullest 16
charmingest 19
churchliest 21
cobwebbiest 22
discreetest 14
disinterest 12
distinctest 14
doggonedest 15
dolefullest 15
draughtiest 16
droughtiest 16
fearfullest 17
featheriest 17
finnickiest 20
frequentest 23
headachiest 20
heavenliest 17
indecentest 14
innocentest 13
nitpickiest 19
noninterest 11
ordinariest 12
overearnest 14
overharvest 20
painfullest 16
peacockiest 21
pitifullest 16
pleasantest 13
postharvest 19
preconquest 24
priestliest 13
princeliest 15
profoundest 17
quagmiriest 23
restfullest 14
schmalziest 27
scrabbliest 17
scraggliest 15
scratchiest 18
screechiest 18
scroungiest 14
shmaltziest 25
skitteriest 15
slipperiest 15
slovenliest 14
snippetiest 15
splendidest 15
splotchiest 18
squelchiest 25
squiggliest 22
squooshiest 23
stealthiest 14
straggliest 13
straightest 15
stretchiest 16
stubbornest 15
succinctest 17
swingingest 16
thoroughest 18
toploftiest 16
tranquilest 20
uncommonest 17
ungainliest 12
unkindliest 16
unlikeliest 15
unloveliest 14
unseemliest 13
unsteadiest 12
untimeliest 13
unwieldiest 15
unworthiest 17
wretchedest 20
10 letter words
198
handsomest 16
healthiest 16
houseguest 14
wealthiest 16
absolutest 12
abstrusest 12
ancientest 12
archpriest 17
awkwardest 21
bairnliest 12
beastliest 12
billowiest 15
blessedest 13
blotchiest 17
brambliest 16
branchiest 17
breathiest 15
bristliest 12
butteriest 12
carrotiest 12
centralest 12
certainest 12
childliest 16
chinchiest 20
chintziest 24
churchiest 20
cleanliest 12
clerkliest 16
compactest 18
completest 16
complexest 23
correctest 14
corruptest 14
courtliest 12
crackliest 18
crinkliest 16
crookedest 17
crumbliest 16
crumpliest 16
crunchiest 17
cunningest 13
curiousest 12
doughtiest 15
drizzliest 29
drouthiest 14
earthliest 13
finickiest 19
flauntiest 13
fleshliest 16
flightiest 17
flounciest 15
floweriest 16
foolishest 16
forlornest 13
forwardest 17
freckliest 19
frizzliest 31
frowstiest 16
genteelest 11
ghastliest 14
ghostliest 14
gladsomest 14
grewsomest 16
gristliest 11
grizzliest 29
grouchiest 16
growthiest 17
gruesomest 13
hartebeest 15
haughtiest 17
jitteriest 17
joyfullest 23
knobbliest 18
knowingest 18
knuckliest 20
kvetchiest 22
lengthiest 14
naughtiest 14
overmodest 16
palimpsest 16
9 letter words
518
brainiest 11
brightest 15
damnedest 13
deadliest 11
dishonest 13
hillcrest 14
loneliest 9
loveliest 12
northwest 15
prettiest 11
sincerest 11
slightest 13
smoothest 14
southwest 15
strangest 10
strongest 10
stupidest 12
abruptest 13
absurdest 12
adroitest 10
augustest 10
auntliest 9
austerest 9
awfullest 15
ballsiest 11
barrenest 11
baulkiest 15
beachiest 16
beechiest 16
bitchiest 16
bitterest 11
blastiest 11
bleariest 11
blockiest 17
bloodiest 12
bloomiest 13
blottiest 11
blousiest 11
blowsiest 14
blowziest 23
bluesiest 11
blurriest 11
botchiest 16
bounciest 13
braggiest 13
branniest 11
brashiest 14
brassiest 11
brattiest 11
brawliest 14
brawniest 14
breeziest 20
brickiest 17
brittlest 11
bronziest 20
broodiest 12
broomiest 13
browniest 14
brushiest 14
brusquest 20
bubbliest 15
bunchiest 16
burbliest 13
callowest 14
candidest 13
capablest 15
catchiest 16
chaffiest 20
chalkiest 18
chanciest 16
charriest 14
chattiest 14
cheekiest 18
cheeriest 14
cheesiest 14
chertiest 14
chestiest 14
chilliest 14
chinkiest 18
chippiest 18
8 letter words
648
cheapest 15
cleanest 10
conquest 19
craziest 19
darndest 10
dirtiest 9
earliest 8
faintest 11
fiercest 13
foggiest 13
freshest 14
funniest 11
furthest 14
greatest 9
happiest 15
heaviest 14
immodest 13
interest 8
littlest 8
luckiest 14
manifest 13
nastiest 8
proudest 11
quickest 23
scariest 10
sharpest 13
shortest 11
silliest 8
simplest 12
smallest 10
smartest 10
sweetest 11
toughest 12
weirdest 12
youngest 12
acerbest 12
acridest 11
adeptest 11
afforest 14
alcahest 13
alertest 8
alkahest 15
almagest 11
anapaest 10
angriest 9
antsiest 8
arbalest 10
arbelest 10
artsiest 8
backrest 16
baggiest 12
balkiest 14
balmiest 12
barghest 14
barguest 11
barkiest 14
barmiest 12
barniest 10
battiest 10
bawdiest 14
beadiest 11
beakiest 14
beamiest 12
beefiest 13
beeriest 10
bilgiest 11
bittiest 10
blackest 16
blandest 11
blankest 14
bleakest 14
blindest 11
blithest 13
blondest 11
blowiest 13
bluffest 16
bluntest 10
boggiest 12
bonniest 10
bookrest 14
7 letter words
237
baddest 11
bequest 18
biggest 11
bravest 12
busiest 9
closest 9
coldest 10
contest 9
coolest 9
darkest 12
dearest 8
deepest 10
dullest 8
dumbest 12
earnest 7
easiest 7
fairest 10
fastest 10
fattest 10
fittest 10
fondest 11
fullest 10
gravest 11
hardest 11
harvest 13
highest 14
hippest 14
holiest 10
hottest 10
inquest 16
kindest 12
largest 8
longest 8
loudest 8
meanest 9
nearest 7
poorest 9
protest 9
request 16
richest 12
saddest 9
sexiest 14
sickest 13
slowest 10
softest 10
soonest 7
suggest 9
tallest 7
tempest 11
tiniest 7
ugliest 8
vaguest 11
warmest 12
weakest 14
wildest 11
achiest 12
acquest 18
acutest 9
addrest 9
aeriest 7
airiest 7
amplest 11
anapest 9
aridest 8
armrest 9
artiest 7
ashiest 10
auldest 8
baldest 10
boldest 10
boniest 9
boxiest 16
brawest 12
bummest 13
cagiest 10
cakiest 13
calmest 11
chicest 14
congest 10
cosiest 9
6 letter words
87
arrest 6
attest 6
bluest 8
cutest 8
detest 7
digest 8
divest 10
eldest 7
finest 9
forest 9
gayest 10
honest 9
hugest 10
incest 8
ingest 7
invest 9
latest 6
lowest 9
modest 9
molest 8
newest 9
nicest 8
oddest 8
oldest 7
priest 8
purest 8
rarest 6
retest 6
safest 9
sanest 6
truest 6
unrest 6
wisest 9
ablest 8
airest 6
aptest 8
barest 8
basest 8
behest 11
coyest 11
devest 10
direst 7
driest 7
dryest 10
fewest 12
feyest 12
fliest 9
freest 9
funest 9
gamest 9
halest 9
iciest 8
idlest 7
illest 6
infest 9
lamest 8
laxest 13
likest 10
livest 9
mayest 11
merest 8
mutest 8
nudest 7
obtest 8
oftest 9
palest 8
rawest 9
renest 6
revest 9
rifest 9
ripest 8
rudest 7
sagest 7
sayest 9
serest 6
shiest 9
shyest 12
sliest 6
slyest 9
sorest 6