guest: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 6 letter points · starts with G · ends with T
Meaning of guest
noun
A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
Example: The guests were let in by the butler.
A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
Example: Guests must vacate their rooms by 10 o'clock on their day of departure.
An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
Example: special guest
A user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own.
Listed forms: guests.
Source: Wiktionary — guest.
verb
- intransitive
To appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast.
- intransitive
As a musician: to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band).
- obsolete, transitive
To receive or entertain hospitably.
Listed forms: guests, guesting, guested.
Source: Wiktionary — guest.
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 guest.
noun
a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
noun
(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is guest in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of guest
G(2) + U(1) + E(1) + S(1) + T(1) = 6 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 guest
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from guest
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