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Term: nest

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "nest": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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nest

Definitions

Noun

  1. A structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
  2. A kind of gun emplacement
  3. A cosy or secluded retreat
  4. A gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality
  5. Furniture pieces made to fit close together

Verb

  1. Inhabit a nest, usually after building
  2. Fit together or fit inside
  3. Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
  4. Gather nests
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "nest".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 honest 2 47
2 nest 1 20
3 earnest 2 18
4 finest 2 16
5 earnestly 3 13
6 honestly 3 12
7 ernest 2 10
8 honesty 3 10
9 kinesthetic 4 4
10 nested 2 4
11 dishonest 3 3
12 earnestness 3 3
13 nestled 2 3
14 nests 1 3
15 conestoga 4 2
16 dishonesty 4 2
17 greenest 2 2
18 keenest 2 2
19 nester 2 2
20 nesting 2 2
21 nestling 2 2
22 anesthetic 4 1
23 anesthetics 4 1
24 meanest 2 1
25 nestor 2 1
26 rhinestones 2 1
27 amnesties 3 0
28 amnesty 3 0
29 anestachio 5 0
30 anesthesia 5 0
31 anesthesiologist 7 0
32 anesthesiologists 7 0
33 anesthesiology 7 0
34 anesthetist 4 0
35 banesto 3 0
36 banesto's 3 0
37 bonesteel 2 0
38 brownest 2 0
39 cleanest 2 0
40 defenestration 5 0
41 dishonestly 4 0
42 ernest's 2 0
43 ernestine 3 0
44 ernesto 3 0
45 ernests 2 0
46 fahnestock 2 0
47 finestone 2 0
48 funnest 2 0
49 honestok 3 0
50 jonestown 2 0
51 leanest 2 0
52 minestrone 4 0
53 nest-egg 2 0
54 nesta 2 0
55 neste 1 0
56 nestea 3 0
57 nesters 2 0
58 nestle 2 0
59 nestle's 2 0
60 nestler 3 0
61 nestles 2 0
62 nestlings 2 0
63 nestorian 4 0
64 nestorianism 6 0
65 rhinestone 2 0
66 sonesta 3 0
67 soonest 2 0
68 sternest 2 0
69 stonestreet 2 0
70 tannest 2 0
71 thinnest 2 0
72 vannest 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "nest".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 honest 2 47
2 earnest 2 18
3 ernest 2 10
4 anast 2 0
5 knost 1 0
6 knust 1 0
7 nast 1 0
8 neste 1 0
9 nist 1 0
10 nursed 1 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "nest".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 honest 2 47
2 net 1 34
3 newest 2 15
4 incest 2 13
5 unrest 2 5
6 nested 2 4
7 nests 1 3
8 est 1 3
9 invest 2 3
10 nester 2 2
11 nicest 2 1
12 nestor 2 1
13 infest 2 1
14 neste 1 0
15 nesta 2 0
16 nes 1 0
17 nestle 2 0
18 nestea 3 0
19 nesbit 2 0
20 ingest 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "nest" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "nest" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "nest" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "nest".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 nast 1 0
2 nast's 1 0
3 nest-egg 2 0
4 nist 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 9

Fragments: 72

Sound Alikes: 10

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 4

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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Video shows sea turtle nesting on the sand in Seal Beach, a West Coast first
Sep 22, 2026 NBC Los Angeles
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Sep 20, 2026 nwitimes.com
Nesting olive ridley sea turtle off OC beaches is a first recorded for West Coast
Sep 22, 2026 Orange County Register
Sea turtles laying eggs at Huntington Beach and Seal Beach are first known cases of nesting on West Coast
Sep 22, 2026 Los Angeles Times
El Niño causes rare Southern California spectacle after sea turtles nest on Orange County coastline
Sep 23, 2026 CBS News
Guest Column: Emptied nests
Sep 13, 2026 Riverhead News Review
Tickets available for final weekend of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at TPAC
Sep 24, 2026 fox23.com

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