Alcahest is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 360 anagrams from letters in alcahest (aacehlst).
First recorded in 1635-45, alkahest is from the late Medieval Latin word alchahest; probably coinage of Paracelsus
Alkahest, alcahest, al′ka-hest, n. the universal solvent of the alchemists.
It was then placed in a dish and set on fire, and the residue that remained was the alcahest.
Alchemy furnishes the theme for one tale; the protagonist seeks an alcahest, a human victim for his crucible.
The alcahest was his celebrated universal medicine, and was considered the greatest mystery of all.