Words Ending In IST

The 800 most common words that end in IST, out of 1728 in the dictionary. Grouped by length, shortest first, with each word’s score using standard letter values. Rarer and archaic words are left off so the list stays usable — use the filter box to narrow it further.

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Word	Meaning
fist	The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm
gist	A resting place. These quails have their set gists
list	A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat
mist	Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth
rist	3d pers. sing. pres. of Rise, contracted from riseth
sist	(Scots Law) To stay, as judicial proceedings
agist	To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum
arist	Of Arise, for ariseth
exist	To be as a fact and not as a mode
frist	To sell upon credit, as goods
grist	Ground corn
hoist	To raise
odist	A writer of an ode or odes
suist	One who seeks for things which gratify merely himself
trist	To trust
twist	To contort
waist	That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax
alpist	The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds
aorist	A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects…
artist	One who practices some mechanic art or craft

Quick facts about this list

Words shown	800 of 1728
Shortest	4 letters
Longest	magazinist (10 letters)
Highest scoring	hylozoist (24 points)

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