SIST is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. SIST is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SIST?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIST is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SIST scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,103.
What stands out about SIST
- 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 SIST mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotslegal
To suspend or delay legal proceedings temporarily, in Scots law.
Sist is a term from Scots law describing the act of pausing a court case, so that judgment or further steps are put off until a later date. A court might sist an action while waiting for another related case to be decided. As a noun, a sist is the order or period of suspension itself, distinct from an ordinary adjournment in everyday English usage.
How SIST is used
Scots legal term; not used in everyday English outside Scottish court practice.
- The judge agreed to sist the case for six months.
- Lawyers asked the court to sist proceedings pending an appeal.
- The action was placed under sist until the related claim was settled.
- A sist can be lifted once the reason for delay has passed.
- The sheriff granted a sist rather than dismiss the claim outright.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SIST
The 4 tiles of SIST in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SIST
22 longer words begin with SIST.
Words ending in SIST
Showing 24 of 30 words that end in SIST. Useful as a back hook: play SIST onto a word already on the board.
Words with SIST inside
Showing 24 of 179 words that contain SIST somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SIST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SIST
Common questions about SIST
- Is SIST valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SIST is not in it.
- How many points is SIST worth?
- SIST is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIST mean?
- To suspend or delay legal proceedings temporarily, in Scots law.
- What letters can be added to SIST?
- SIST takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SIST:
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