What GIST Means
- noun: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- noun: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience“the gist of the prosecutor's argument”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
GIST is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 I1 S1 T1.
Anagrams of GIST (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In GIST
12 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
3 letter words (6)
2 letter words (6)
Longer Words Containing GIST
GIST appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
AEROLOGISTAGISTAGISTEDAGISTERAGISTERSAGISTINGAGISTMENTAGISTMENTSAGISTORAGISTORSAGISTSAGROLOGISTALGOLOGISTALLERGISTALLERGISTSANALOGISTANALOGISTSAPOLOGISTAPOLOGISTSATMOLOGISTAUBERGISTEAXIOLOGISTBATOLOGISTBIOLOGISTBIOLOGISTSBRYOLOGISTCETOLOGISTCHAOLOGISTCOLLAGISTCOLLAGISTSCYTOLOGISTDECALOGISTDEREGISTERDIALOGISTDIALOGISTSDIRIGISTEDRUGGISTDRUGGISTSECOLOGISTECOLOGISTS
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