chester
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of chester
37 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
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name
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)A placename.
- (countable)An English habitational surname from Old English.
- (countable)A male given name transferred from the surname.
noun
- (slang)A child molester.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English Chestre, from Old English Ċeaster, from ċeaster, a borrowing from Latin castrum (“camp”). Doublet of Caister and castrum. The village in Nova Scotia is likely named after the city in Pennsylvania.
Words you can make from chester
100 playable · top: ETCHERS (12 pts)
Best play etchers 12 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
13 words5-letter words
28 words- CHEER 10 pts
- CHERT 10 pts
- CHEST 10 pts
- ECHES 10 pts
- RETCH 10 pts
- TECHS 10 pts
- ETHER 8 pts
- HERES 8 pts
- SHEER 8 pts
- SHEET 8 pts
- THERE 8 pts
- THESE 8 pts
- THREE 8 pts
- CERES 7 pts
- CERTS 7 pts
- CETES 7 pts
- CREST 7 pts
- ERECT 7 pts
- SCREE 7 pts
- TERCE 7 pts
- ESTER 5 pts
- REEST 5 pts
- RESET 5 pts
- STEER 5 pts
- STERE 5 pts
- TERES 5 pts
- TERSE 5 pts
- TREES 5 pts
4-letter words
28 words- ECHE 9 pts
- ECHT 9 pts
- ETCH 9 pts
- TECH 9 pts
- ETHS 7 pts
- HERE 7 pts
- HERS 7 pts
- HEST 7 pts
- HETS 7 pts
- RESH 7 pts
- THEE 7 pts
- CEES 6 pts
- CERE 6 pts
- CERT 6 pts
- CETE 6 pts
- RECS 6 pts
- SECT 6 pts
- TECS 6 pts
- ERST 4 pts
- REES 4 pts
- REST 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- RETS 4 pts
- SEER 4 pts
- SERE 4 pts
- TEES 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
- TRES 4 pts
3-letter words
21 words2-letter words
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