Yes, rests is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Not move; be in a resting position

2. Take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

3. Give a rest to

4. Have a place in relation to something else

5. Be at rest

6. Stay the same; remain in a certain state

7. Be inherent or innate in;

8. Put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying

9. Sit, as on a branch

10. Rest on or as if on a pillow

11. Be inactive, refrain from acting

Noun

1. Something left after other parts have been taken away

2. Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

3. A pause for relaxation

4. A state of inaction

5. Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

6. A support on which things can be put

7. A musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration