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Yes. The word bist is a Scrabble US word. The word bist is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word bist is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

B3I1S1T1

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4-letter words (2 found)

BIST,BITS,

3-letter words (6 found)

BIS,BIT,ITS,SIB,SIT,TIS,

2-letter words (6 found)

BI,IS,IT,SI,ST,TI,

You can make 14 words from bist according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of bist

bist ibst bsit sbit isbt sibt bits ibts btis tbis itbs tibs bsti sbti btsi tbsi stbi tsbi istb sitb itsb tisb stib tsib

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word bist. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in bist.

Definitions and meaning of bist

bist

Etymology

From Middle English bist, beest, best, from Old English bist ("(thou) art"; second person singular of bēon (to be)), from Proto-Germanic *biusi ((thou) art), equivalent to be +‎ -est. Cognate with West Frisian bist ((thou) art), Low German büst ((thou) art), German bist ((thou) art).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Verb

bist

  1. (UK dialectal, Black Country, Bristol, West Country, Northern England) Used to form the second person singular of be.
    Where bist goin'.
    Where are you going?
    How bist?
    How are you?

Related terms

  • bin
  • bisn't

Anagrams

  • ITBS, ITBs, TBIs, bits, stib-, tibs

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

bist

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) second-person singular present of zijn

German

Etymology

From Old High German bist. Cognate to Middle Dutch bes, best, dialectal English bist, beest.

German bist has two sources:

  • a form based on Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti ((you) are (sg.))
  • an initial b- that was added to the word under influence of verb forms based on Proto-Germanic *beuną (as in Old English beon)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪst/

Verb

bist

  1. second-person singular present of sein

References

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪst/

Verb

bist

  1. first/second-person singular perfect of bies

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • beest, best

Etymology

From Old English bist ("(thou) art"; second person singular of bēon (to be)), from Proto-Germanic *biusi ((thou) art), equivalent to been +‎ -est.

Verb

bist

  1. second-person singular present indicative of been

Usage notes

This form is less common than art for the second-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: bist, beest (archaic or dialectal)

Old English

Alternative forms

  • bisMercian
  • beost

Verb

bist

  1. second-person singular present indicative of bēon

Descendants

  • Middle English: bist, beest, best
    • English: bist, beest (archaic or dialectal)

Old High German

Verb

bist

  1. second-person singular present indicative of wesan

Tat

Etymology

Cognate with Persian بیست (bist).

Numeral

bist

  1. twenty

Wakhi

Etymology

From Tajik бист (bist).

Numeral

bist

  1. twenty

West Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪst/

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian bist, second person singular indicative of wesa (to be). Cognate with English bist, German bist.

Verb

bist

  1. second person singular indicative of wêze

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin bēstia.

Noun

bist n (plural bisten, diminutive bistje or bistke)

  1. animal, beast
    De bisten binne fuort.The animals are gone.
Alternative forms
  • beest
Derived terms
  • leavehearsbistke
Further reading
  • “beest”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yagnobi

Numeral

bist

  1. twenty

Further reading

  • Ronald Emmerick (1992) “Iranian”, in Jadranka Gvozdanović, editor, Indo-European Numerals, Mouton de Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, page 312

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