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Is geist a Scrabble word?

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

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Is geist a Scrabble UK word?

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

G2E1I1S1T1

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5-letter words (4 found)

GEIST,GEITS,GITES,TIGES,

4-letter words (14 found)

EGIS,GEIT,GEST,GETS,GIES,GIST,GITE,GITS,SITE,STIE,TEGS,TIES,TIGE,TIGS,

3-letter words (16 found)

EST,GET,GIE,GIS,GIT,ITS,SEG,SEI,SET,SIG,SIT,TEG,TES,TIE,TIG,TIS,

2-letter words (9 found)

ES,ET,GI,IS,IT,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 44 words from geist according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of geist

geist egist giest igest eigst iegst gesit egsit gseit sgeit esgit segit giset igset gsiet sgiet isget siget eisgt iesgt esigt seigt isegt siegt geits egits giets igets eigts iegts getis egtis gteis tgeis etgis tegis gites igtes gties tgies itges tiges eitgs ietgs etigs teigs itegs tiegs gesti egsti gseti sgeti esgti segti getsi egtsi gtesi tgesi etgsi tegsi gstei sgtei gtsei tgsei stgei tsgei estgi setgi etsgi tesgi stegi tsegi giste igste gsite sgite isgte sigte gitse igtse gtise tgise itgse tigse gstie sgtie gtsie tgsie stgie tsgie istge sitge itsge tisge stige tsige eistg iestg esitg seitg isetg sietg eitsg ietsg etisg teisg itesg tiesg estig setig etsig tesig steig tseig isteg siteg itseg tiseg stieg tsieg

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

Definitions and meaning of geist

geist

Etymology

From German Geist (“spirit, ghost, mind”). Doublet of ghost.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ɡaɪst/
  • Rhymes: -aɪst

Noun

geist (plural geists)

  1. Ghost, apparition.
    • 1877, The spiritual magazine:
      The geists eat and drink, but only as geists — not as spirits. ' We have dined,' they say ' sumptuously.' A vapour- ... If dead men tell no tales, their geists will tell them, if they find opportunity.
  2. Spirit (of a group, age, era, etc).

Related terms

  • poltergeist
  • zeitgeist

References

  • OED, geist

Anagrams

  • gites, gîtes, tiges

Estonian

Noun

geist

  1. elative singular of gei

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • gheist, keist

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz.

Noun

geist m (plural geista)

  1. spirit

Declension

Derived terms

  • fluobargeist

Descendants

  • Middle High German: geist
    • German: Geist
      • → English: geist
      • → Danish: gejst
      • → Swedish: geist
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: geist
    • Hunsrik: Geest, Geist
    • Luxembourgish: Geescht
    • Yiddish: גײַסט (gayst)

Source: wiktionary.org