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Is foist a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word foist is a Scrabble US word. The word foist is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is foist a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word foist is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

F4O1I1S1T1

Is foist a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word foist is a Words With Friends word. The word foist is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

FOIST,TIFOS,

4-letter words (5 found)

FIST,FITS,SIFT,SOFT,TIFO,

3-letter words (11 found)

FIT,IFS,IOS,ISO,ITS,OFT,OIS,SIF,SIT,SOT,TIS,

2-letter words (12 found)

IF,IO,IS,IT,OF,OI,OS,SI,SO,ST,TI,TO,

You can make 30 words from foist according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of foist

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

Definitions and meaning of foist

foist

Etymology 1

Probably from archaic Dutch vuisten (“to take into one’s hand”), from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst (“fist”); akin to Old English fyst (“fist”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /fɔɪst/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪst

Verb

foist (third-person singular simple present foists, present participle foisting, simple past and past participle foisted)

  1. (transitive) To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
  2. (transitive) To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit.
  3. (transitive) To pass off as genuine or worthy.
Synonyms
  • fob off
  • pass off
  • pawn off
  • palm off
Derived terms
  • foist off
Translations

Noun

foist (plural foists)

  1. (historical slang) A thief or pickpocket.
Synonyms
  • See Thesaurus:pickpocket

Etymology 2

From Old French fuste (“stick, boat”), from Latin fustis (“cudgel”).

Noun

foist (plural foists)

  1. (obsolete) A light and fast-sailing ship.
    Synonyms: fuste, fusta

Etymology 3

From Old French fust (whence also French fût), from Latin fustis.

Noun

foist (plural foists)

  1. (obsolete) A cask for wine.
  2. Fustiness; mustiness.
Derived terms
  • foisty

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Which dialect(s)?”)

Adjective

foist (not comparable)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of first.

References

  • “foist”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

  • Fotis, tifos

Source: wiktionary.org