chest: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 10 letter points · starts with C · ends with T
Meaning of chest
noun
A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
Example: The clothes are kept in a chest.
The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
Example: You can take the money from the chest.
A chest of drawers.
The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in some other animals.
Example: She had a sudden pain in her chest.
Listed forms: chests, chist.
Source: Wiktionary — chest.
verb
To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
- transitive
To deposit in a chest.
- Africa, transitive
To handle, deal with.
- obsolete, transitive
To place in a coffin.
Listed forms: chests, chesting, chested, chist.
Source: Wiktionary — chest.
noun
Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.
Listed forms: chests.
Source: Wiktionary — chest.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for chest.
noun
the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
- thorax
- pectus
noun
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
noun
furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is chest in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of chest
C(3) + H(4) + E(1) + S(1) + T(1) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of chest
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from chest
22 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in chest. Showing up to 24, longest first.