CIST is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. CIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CIST?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CIST is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CIST scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about CIST
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An ancient burial chamber made of stone slabs set on edge and covered with a capstone.
A cist was a simple box-like grave built from flat stones, used in prehistoric Europe to hold a body or cremated remains before being covered with earth to form a barrow. Archaeologists still use the word today when describing this type of stone-lined burial found in ancient sites.
How CIST is used
A specialist archaeological term, met mainly in excavation reports and descriptions of prehistoric burial sites.
- The team uncovered a Bronze Age cist containing a crouched skeleton.
- Stone slabs formed the walls and lid of the ancient cist.
- Several small cists lay clustered beneath the old burial mound.
- The museum reconstructed a cist to show how early burials were built.
- Rain had washed away the soil, exposing the top of the cist.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CIST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CIST
The 4 tiles of CIST in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CIST
16 longer words begin with CIST.
Words ending in CIST
Showing 24 of 86 words that end in CIST. Useful as a back hook: play CIST onto a word already on the board.
Words with CIST inside
Showing 24 of 98 words that contain CIST somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CIST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CIST
Common questions about CIST
- Is CIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CIST, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CIST worth?
- CIST is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CIST mean?
- An ancient burial chamber made of stone slabs set on edge and covered with a capstone.
- What letters can be added to CIST?
- CIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CIST:
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