guest

Plural: guests

Noun

a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959)
a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.
(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
A user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own.
Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.
An inquiline.

Verb

Verb Forms: guested, guesting, guests

To appear as a visitor; to be hosted.
To appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast.
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).
To receive or entertain hospitably.

Examples

Guests must vacate their rooms by 10 o'clock on their day of departure.
special guest
The final ’S’ tile seemed to GUEST on his rack, waiting for the perfect plural opportunity.
The guest for the broadcast was a leading footballer.
The guests were let in by the butler.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English gest, from Old Norse gestr, which replaced or was merged with Old English ġiest, both from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, host, someone with whom one has reciprocal duties of hospitality”). Cognate with German Gast (“guest”), Norwegian gjest (“guest”). Doublet of host, from Latin.

Synonyms

client, Edgar Albert Guest, Edgar Guest, invitee, node

Scrabble Score: 6

guest: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
guest: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
guest: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

guest: valid Words With Friends Word