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-EST

Definition: -EST

-EST

1. A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Synonyms by domain: Eastern Summer Time (meteorology & standards), Economic Swiss Time (economics), electric shock therapy (medicine), Electrolytic Sewage Treatment (chemistry), Electronic Sensor Technology (electrical engineering), electroshock therapy (medicine), Environmental Science and Technology (publishing & graphic arts), Equilibrium Surface Thermochemistry (chemistry), Estonia (geography, law), Estonia-ISO code (geography, meteorology & standards), European Satellite Team (geography, transportation), European Society for Translation Studies (language), European Staff Target (military & defense), expressed sequence tag (medicinebiology & biotechnology), Extended Standard Theory (language), Republic of Estonia (geography, law).

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Usage Frequency: -EST

"-EST" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "-EST" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: -EST

Language Translations for "-EST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

(most). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: -EST

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: set.

Words within the letters "e-s-t"

-1 letter: es, et.

 Words containing the letters "e-s-t"
 

+1 letter: ates, best, bets, east, eats, efts, erst, etas, eths, fets, gest, gets, hest, hets, jest, jets, lest, lets, nest, nets, pest, pets, rest, rets, sate, seat, sect, sent, sept, seta, sets, sett, sext, site, stem, step, stet, stew, stey, stye, suet, teas, teds, tees, tegs, tels, tens, test, tets, tews, ties, toes, tyes, vest, vets, west, wets, zest.

 

+2 letters: abets, antes, asset, aster, baste, bates, beast, beats, beets, belts, bents, beset, besot, bests, betas, beths, bites, blest, blets, butes, bytes, caste, cates, celts, cents, cesta, cesti, cetes, chest, cites, coset, cotes, crest, cutes, dates, debts, deets, deist, delts, dents, diets, dites, doest, dotes, drest, duets, easts, edits, egest, emits, escot, ester, estop, ethos, etnas, etuis, exist, exits, fates, feast, feats, feist, felts, fetas, fetes, fetus, frets, gates, geest, gelts, gents, geste, gests, getas, guest, haets, haste, hates, heats, hefts, heist, hents, hests, heths, inset, islet, istle, items, jests, jetes, jutes, keets, khets, kites, kytes, least, leets, lefts, lutes, mates, meats, meets, melts, metes, meths, metis, mites, moste, motes, mutes, nates, neats, neist, nerts, nests, netts, newts, nites, notes, onset, paste, pates, peats, pelts, pesto, pests, pesty, piste, poets, prest, quest, rates, reest, rents, reset, rests, rites, roset, rotes, sated, satem, sates, saute, scent, scute, seats, sects, sente, senti, septa, septs, setae, setal, seton, setts, setup, sexto, sexts, sheet, shent, shote, shute, sited, sites, sixte, skate, skeet, skite, slate, sleet, slept, smelt, smite, smote, spate, spelt, spent, spite, stade, stage, stake, stale, stane, stare, state, stave, stead, steak, steal, steam, steed, steek, steel, steep, steer, stein, stela, stele, stems, steno, steps, stere, stern, stets, stews, stied, sties, stile, stime, stipe, stoae, stoke, stole, stone, stope, store, stove, strep, strew, stupe, styed, styes, style, suets, suety, suite, sweat, sweet, swept, tabes, taces, taels, tajes, takes, tales, tames, tapes, tares, tasse, taste, tates, tawse, taxes, teaks, teals, teams, tears, tease, teats, teels, teems, teens, teffs, teles, tells, telos, temps, tends, tense, tents, tepas, terms, terns, terse, tesla, testa, tests, testy, teths, texas, texts, thens, these, thews, those, tides, tiers, tikes, tiles, times, tines, tires, toeas, tokes, toles, tomes, tones, topes, tores, torse, totes, touse, trees, treks, tress, trets, trews, treys, tries, trues, tsade, tsked, tubes, tules, tunes, tuxes, twaes, tyees, tyers, tykes, tynes, types, tyres, unset, upset, vents, verst, verts, vesta, vests, votes, waste, weest, weets, wefts, welts, wests, whets, wites, wrest, wytes, yeast, yetis, yetts, zests, zesty, zetas.

 

+3 letters: abates, ablest, absent, acutes, adepts, afters, agates, ageist, agents, aglets, airest, alates, alerts, alters, aments, anenst, ansate, antres, aptest, aretes, armets, arrest, artels, ascent, aspect, assent, assert, assets, astern, asters, astute, atones, attest, averts, avoset, axites, azotes, barest, basest, basket, basset, basted, baster, bastes, bathes, beasts, beauts, bedsit, befits, begets, behest, bemist, berets, berths, besets, besmut, besots, bested, bestir, bestow, bestud, betels, betise, betons, bettas, bidets, bisect, bister, bistre, biters, bleats, blites, bluest, bluets, boites, bosket, botels, breast, brents, brutes, burets, busted, buster, bustle, buteos, butles, buttes, cadets, carets, cartes, casket, caster, castes, castle, caters, centas, centos, certes, cestas, cestoi, cestos, cestus, chaste, cheats, cherts, chests, chesty, cheths, chutes, citers, cities, civets, cleats, clefts, closet, comets, comtes, contes, corset, cosets, cosset, costae, costed, coster, covets, coyest, crates, crests, cruets, cruset, cuesta, culets, curets, cutest, cutesy, cuteys, cuties, daters, deaths, debits, debuts, defats, degust, deists, delfts, delist, deltas, demast, demits, depots, depths, derats, desalt, desert, desist, despot, deters, detest, devest, digest, direst, ditzes, divest, doters, driest, dryest, dusted, duster, duties, duvets, earths, easter, eaters, ebbets, eclats, edicts, educts, egesta, egests, egoist, egrets, eights, ejects, elates, eldest, elects, elints, elites, elutes, emmets, emotes, enacts, enates, encyst, enlist, enters, epacts, erects, ergots, ersatz, eructs, erupts, escort, escots, esprit, estate, esteem, esters, estops, estral, estray, estrin, estrum, estrus, etapes, etches, ethers, ethics, ethnos, ethyls, etudes, etwees, events, everts, evicts, evites, exacts, exalts, exerts, exists, expats, exsect, exsert, extols, extras, exults, facets, fasted, fasten, faster, feasts, feints, feists, feisty, festal, fester, fetish, fetors, fewest, feyest, fiesta, filets, finest, fisted, fleets, fliest, flites, flutes, flytes, foetus, forest, fortes, foster, freest, fumets, funest, futzes, fyttes, gamest, gasket, gasted, gaster, gayest, geests, gemots, genets, gentes, gestes, gestic, getups, gleets, godets, grates, greats, greets, guests, gusset, gusted, halest, haslet, hasted, hasten, hastes, haters, hearts, heaths, heists, helots, histed, honest, horste, hosted, hostel, hotels, hugest, hustle, iciest, idlest, illest, incest, inerts, infest, ingest, inlets, insect, insert, insets, instep, inters, invest, islets, istles, itches, itself, ixtles, jested, jester, jesuit, jetons, jetsam, jetsom, jostle, justed, juster, justle, ketols, ketose, keyset, kheths, kismet, kiters, kithes, kythes, lamest, lasted, laster, latens, latest, lathes, latkes, lattes, laxest, leasts, legist, legits, lentos, lethes, letups, likest, listed, listee, listel, listen, lister, liters, litres, livest, lottes, lowest, lunets, lusted, luster, lustre, lutzes, lysate, mantes, masted, master, maters, mateys, matres, mattes, mayest, meatus, merest, merits, mestee, metals, meters, metres, metros, misate, miseat, mismet, misset, misted, mister, miters, mitres, modest, molest, montes, motels, motets, mottes, musket, musted, mustee, muster, mutase, mutest, nested, nester, nestle, nestor, netops, newest, nicest, niters, nitres, nonets, noters, nudest, oaters, objets, obtest, obtuse, octets, oddest, offset, oftest, oldest, onsets, orates, osteal, ostler, others, otiose, otters, ousted, ouster, outers, outsee, outset, owlets, oxters, oyster, palest, palets, pasted, pastel, paster, pastes, pastie, patens, paters, peseta, pester, pestle, pestos, petals, peters, petsai, pewits, pietas, pipets, pistes, pities, plates, pleats, pontes, posset, posted, poster, potsie, prates, preset, presto, prests, priest, ptoses, purest, putzes, quests, quiets, quotes, ramets, rarest, raster, ratels, raters, rawest, reacts, reatas, rebuts, recast, rectos, rectus, recuts, reests, refits, relets, relist, remits, renest, rentes, repast, repots, reseat, resect, resent, resets, reshot, resift, resist, resite, resort, respot, rested, rester, result, retags, retems, retest, reties, retros, retuse, revest, revets, rewets, rifest, ripest, ritzes, rivets, rosets, roster, rottes, routes, rudest, russet, rusted, rustle, sachet, safest, safety, sagest, saithe, sallet, salted, salter, saltie, salute, samite, samlet, sanest, sapote, sateen, satire, sauted, sautes, savate, sayest, scathe, scents, scoter, scutes, scythe, seated, seater, secant, secret, sector, sedate, seethe, sejant, select, senate, seniti, sennet, sennit, sentry, septal, septet, septic, septum, serest, sestet, setoff, setons, setose, setous, setout, settee, setter, settle, setups, sexist, sexpot, sextan, sextet, sexton, sextos, sheath, sheets, shelta, shelty, shiest, shotes, shtetl, shuted, shutes, shyest, siesta, sifted, sifter, signet, silent, silted, sinter, sippet, sister, sitten, sitter, sixtes, skated, skater, skates, skeets, sketch, skited, skites, sklent, slated, slater, slates, slatey, sleets, sleety, sleuth, sliest, slyest, smelts, smiter, smites, snathe, sobeit, socket, soften, softer, softie, solate, solute, somite, sonnet, sooted, soothe, sopite, sorbet, sorest, sorted, sorter, sortie, sotted, souter, soviet, spates, spathe, spelts, speltz, spinet, spited, spites, splent, sprent, sprite, stable, stacte, stades, staged, stager, stages, stagey, staked, stakes, staled, staler, stales, stamen, stance, staned, stanes, stapes, staple, stared, starer, stares, starve, stases, stated, stater, states, statue, staved, staves, stayed, stayer, steads, steady, steaks, steals, steams, steamy, steeds, steeks, steels, steely, steeps, steers, steeve, steins, stelae, stelai, stelar, steles, stelic, stella, stemma, stemmy, stench, stenos, steppe, stereo, steres, steric, sterna, sterns, sterol, stewed, stifle, stiles, stimes, stiped, stipel, stipes, stiver, stodge, stogey, stogie, stoked, stoker, stokes, stoled, stolen, stoles, stoned, stoner, stones, stoney, stooge, stoped, stoper, stopes, stored, stores, storey, stoure, stover, stoves, stowed, strafe, strake, streak, stream, streek, streel, street, streps, stress, strewn, strews, striae, stride, strife, strike, stripe, strive, strobe, strode, stroke, strove, stupes, styled, styler, styles, stylet, stymie, sublet, subnet, subset, subtle, suited, suiter, suites, sunket, sunset, surest, surety, sutler, suttee, suture, svelte, swathe, sweats, sweaty, sweets, swithe, swivet, syndet, system, tabers, tables, taches, takers, talers, tamers, tamest, tapers, targes, tarres, tasked, tassel, tasses, tasset, tassie, tasted, taster, tastes, taters, taupes, tawers, tawsed, tawses, taxers, taxies, teased, teasel, teaser, teases, teensy, teguas, teiids, teinds, tellys, telson, tempos, tempts, tenets, tenias, tennis, tenons, tenors, tensed, tenser, tenses, tensor, tenths, tenues, tenuis, tepals, tepees, tepoys, terais, terces, ternes, terras, terser, teslas, testae, tested, testee, tester, testes, testis, teston, tetras, thanes, thebes, thefts, thegns, theins, theirs, theism, theist, themes, theres, therms, theses, thesis, thetas, tholes, threes, thresh, throes, thymes, thyrse, tidies, tigers, tildes, tilers, timers, tineas, tinges, tinsel, tisane, tissue, titers, tithes, titles, titres, tmeses, tmesis, tobies, todies, togues, toiles, tokens, tokers, toners, tonnes, topees, topers, tophes, toques, tories, torose, torses, tortes, toshes, tossed, tosser, tosses, totems, toters, toused, touses, tousle, towels, towers, towies, toyers, traces, trades, trapes, traves, treads, treats, treens, trends, tressy, tribes, trices, triens, triers, trikes, trines, triose, tripes, triste, trokes, trones, tropes, troves, truces, truest, tryste, tsades, tsetse, tsores, tubers, tulles, tuners, tuques, turves, tusche, tushed, tushes, tushie, tusked, tusker, tusseh, tusser, tusses, tussle, tutees, tuyers, tweaks, tweeds, tweets, twerps, twiers, twines, twyers, tythes, ulster, unites, unrest, unseat, unsent, unsets, unstep, unties, upsent, upsets, upstep, urates, uterus, utters, valets, vaster, veldts, verist, verset, verste, versts, vertus, vestal, vestas, vested, vestee, vestry, vetoes, vilest, voltes, voters, wadset, wasted, waster, wastes, waters, wechts, weskit, wester, wheats, whites, widest, wisent, wisest, wisted, withes, worset, wrests, wriest, writes, wryest, xyster, yarest, yeasts, yeasty, yentas, yentes, yester, zested, zester, zibets, zoster.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: -EST


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

2D 45 53 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

00101101 01000101 01010011 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#45 &#69 &#83 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

002D 0045 0053 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

15395354

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage Frequency
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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