9-Letter Words Starting With ESTA
- 5 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 9-Letter Words Starting With ESTA
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 9-Letter Words Starting With ESTA 5 words
How common is ESTA at the start of nine-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 5 nine-letter words that start with ESTA. They average 12 points and the best is ESTABLISH (14 points).
- Total words
- 5
- Average Scrabble score
- 12
- out of 14 max
- Everyday words
- 20%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- S
- 40% of words
Most common last letters
- s 40%
- e 20%
- h 20%
Top vowel pairs
- ia20%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring nine-letter word that starts with ESTA
e 1s 1t 1a 1b 3l 1i 1s 1h 4
E 1 + S 1 + T 1 + A 1 + B 3 + L 1 + I 1 + S 1 + H 4 = 14 points
- Double word
- 28 pts
- Triple word
- 42 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
establish
- verbset up or found“She set up a literacy program”
- verbset up or lay the groundwork for“establish a new department”
- verbestablish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment“The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound”
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How many nine-letter words that start with ESTA are there?
There are 5 nine-letter words that start with ESTA in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring nine-letter word that starts with ESTA?
ESTABLISH is worth 14 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are ESTAFETTE (12), ESTACADES (12), ESTAMINET (11).
Which rare nine-letter words that start with ESTA score well?
Uncommon but valid choices include ESTACADES (12), ESTANCIAS (11). Few players know them, so they can catch an opponent off guard.