Definitions For Wrest

verb

  • Obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
  • To pull (something) away fromsomeone by using violent twisting movements
  • To take (something) fromsomeone with much effort

Is Wrest a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
8

The word Wrest is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Wrest in a Sentence

  • He tried to wrest control of the company from his uncle.
  • The boy wrested the book out of his sister's hands

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