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What does insist mean? Is insist a Scrabble word?

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Is insist a Scrabble word?

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

I1N1S1I1S1T1

Is insist a Scrabble UK word?

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

I1N1S1I1S1T1

Is insist a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word insist is a Words With Friends word. The word insist is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

I1N2S1I1S1T1

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6-letter words (1 found)

INSIST,

5-letter words (2 found)

INTIS,SNITS,

4-letter words (9 found)

INTI,ISIT,NISI,NITS,SINS,SIST,SITS,SNIT,TINS,

3-letter words (9 found)

INS,ITS,NIS,NIT,SIN,SIS,SIT,TIN,TIS,

2-letter words (6 found)

IN,IS,IT,SI,ST,TI,

You can make 27 words from insist according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of insist

insist

Etymology

Partly from Middle French insister, from Latin īnsistere; and partly from a back-formation from insistence.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈsɪst/
  • Rhymes: -ɪst
  • Hyphenation: in‧sist
  • Homophone: encyst

Verb

insist (third-person singular simple present insists, present participle insisting, simple past and past participle insisted)

  1. (with on or upon or (that + indicative)) To hold up a claim emphatically.
    (that is, I am defending her and claiming that she does; compare the subjunctive below.)
  2. (sometimes with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.
    (that is, I require her to do so; compare the use of the indicative above.)
  3. (obsolete, chiefly geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).

Translations

Anagrams

  • INSTIs, sit-ins, sits in

Source: wiktionary.org