REST — 4 letter word
rest
The word rest has 4 letters: R, E, S, T. It contains 1 vowel and 3 consonants. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Rest has 3 anagrams: rets, erst, tres. As a noun, it means "freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)".
4 letter word "rest": R E S T — noun
Scrabble score: 4 Words With Friends score: 4
Letter analysis of rest
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| E | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| S | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
1 vowels, 3 consonants, 4 unique letters
Definition of rest
noun
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) Synonyms: relaxation
- a support on which things can be put "the gun was steadied on a special rest"
- a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
- something left after other parts have been taken away Synonyms: residual
- euphemism for death, based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb "I was laid to rest beneath my favorite tree." Synonyms: eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus
- a state of inaction "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"
- a pause for relaxation "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" Synonyms: relief
verb
- be at rest
- stay the same Synonyms: stay
- take a short break from one's activities in order to relax Synonyms: breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather
- give a rest to "I rested my bad leg for an hour after the softball game."
- rest on or as if on a pillow Synonyms: pillow
- sit, as on a branch Synonyms: perch, roost
- not move "be in a resting position"
- put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying
- be inactive, refrain from acting "The committee is resting over the summer"
- be inherent or innate in Synonyms: repose
- have a place in relation to something else Synonyms: lie