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REST

4 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

REST is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

RESTS-s 2 RESTING-ing 5 RESTED-ed 3

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Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

RESTFUL 5 RESTINGS 11 RESTFULLY 11 RESTFULNESS 11 RESTFULNESSES 11
noun
  1. uncountableRelief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
    • I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.
    • The sun sets, and the workers go to their rest.
  2. countableAny relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
    • We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.
  3. uncountablePeace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
    • It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.
  4. uncountableA state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
    • The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.
    • The ocean was finally at rest.
    • Now that we're all in agreement, we can put that issue to rest.
  5. euphemisticuncountableA final position after death. Also, death itself: "Not alone, not alone would I go to my rest in the heart of the love..." -- George William Russell ("Love")
    • She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.
  6. countableA pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
    • Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.
  7. countableA written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
  8. uncountableAbsence of motion.
    • The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest.
  9. countableA stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
    • Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest.
  10. countableAny object designed to be used to support something else.
    • She put the phone receiver back in its rest.
    • He placed his hands on the arm rests of the chair.
  11. countableuncountableA projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
  12. countableuncountableA place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
  13. countableuncountableA short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
  14. countableuncountableThe striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
  15. countabledateduncountableA set or game at tennis.
  16. uncountableThat which remains.
    • She ate some of the food, but was not hungry enough to eat it all, so she put the rest in the refrigerator to finish later.
  17. uncountableThose not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
  18. UKuncountableA surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
verb
  1. intransitiveTo cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
    • My day's work is over; now I will rest.
    • I shall not rest until I have uncovered the truth.
  2. intransitiveTo come to a pause or an end; end.
  3. intransitiveTo be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
  4. copulativereflexivetransitiveTo put into a state of rest.
    • We need to rest the horses before we ride any further.
  5. intransitiveTo stay, remain, be situated, or belong to.
    • The blame seems to rest with your father.
    • Copyright in the typographical arrangement rests with the Crown.
  6. intransitiveTo rely or depend on.
    • The decision rests on getting a bank loan.
  7. intransitiveTo be based on; to rely on something for proof or explanation
  8. intransitivereflexivetransitiveTo lean, lie, or lay.
    • A column rests on its pedestal.
    • I rested my head in my hands.
    • She rested against my shoulder.
    • I rested against the wall for a minute.
  9. USintransitivetransitiveTo complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
    • The defense rests, your Honor.
    • I rest my case.
  10. intransitiveTo sleep; slumber.
  11. intransitiveTo lie dormant.
  12. intransitiveTo sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
  13. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
  14. To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way.
    • You can rest assured that a sick child will say when it's again ready to eat, so it won't starve and doesn't need to be cajoled into eating.
    • Rest you merry.
  15. obsoletetransitiveTo keep a certain way.
    • God rest you merry, gentlemen.
  16. colloquialobsoletetransitiveTo arrest.