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Is leister a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word leister is a Scrabble US word. The word leister is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is leister a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word leister is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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7-letter words (3 found)

LEISTER,RETILES,STERILE,

6-letter words (14 found)

ELITES,LISTEE,LISTER,LITERS,LITRES,RELETS,RELIES,RELIST,RESILE,RESITE,RETIES,RETILE,STREEL,TILERS,

5-letter words (51 found)

EISEL,ELITE,ESILE,ESTER,ISLET,ISTLE,LEERS,LEETS,LEIRS,LERES,LIERS,LITER,LITES,LITRE,REELS,REEST,REIST,RELET,RELIE,RELIT,RESET,RESIT,RETIE,RIELS,RILES,RITES,SILER,SIREE,SLEER,SLEET,SLIER,STEEL,STEER,STEIL,STELE,STERE,STILE,STIRE,TEELS,TEERS,TEILS,TELES,TERES,TERSE,TIERS,TILER,TILES,TIRES,TIRLS,TREES,TRIES,

4-letter words (61 found)

EELS,ELSE,ELTS,ERES,ERST,IRES,ISLE,LEER,LEES,LEET,LEIR,LEIS,LERE,LEST,LETS,LIER,LIES,LIRE,LIST,LITE,LITS,REEL,REES,REIS,REST,RETE,RETS,RIEL,RILE,RISE,RITE,RITS,SEEL,SEER,SEIL,SEIR,SELE,SERE,SILE,SILT,SIRE,SITE,SLEE,SLIT,STIE,STIR,TEEL,TEER,TEES,TEIL,TELE,TELS,TIER,TIES,TILE,TILS,TIRE,TIRL,TREE,TRES,TRIE,

3-letter words (34 found)

EEL,ELS,ELT,ERE,ERS,EST,IRE,ITS,LEE,LEI,LES,LET,LIE,LIS,LIT,REE,REI,RES,RET,RIT,SEE,SEI,SEL,SER,SET,SIR,SIT,SRI,TEE,TEL,TES,TIE,TIL,TIS,

2-letter words (13 found)

EE,EL,ER,ES,ET,IS,IT,LI,RE,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 177 words from leister according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of leister

leister

Etymology

From earlier leyster, lister, perhaps via Middle English *lēster, *līster, from Old Norse ljóstr (“leister”), from ljósta (“to smite, strike; to hit, strike (with an arrow or spear)”), from Proto-Germanic *leustaną (“to hit, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *lew-s- (“to loosen (by knocking)”); the word is cognate with Danish lyster (“fish spear, gig, leister”), Icelandic ljósta (“to hit, strike”), Norwegian Bokmål lyster (dialectal Norwegian lioster), Swedish ljuster.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈliːstə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlistɚ/
  • Rhymes: -iːstə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: lei‧ster

Noun

leister (plural leisters)

  1. (fishing) A spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish, particularly salmon. [from 16th c.]
    Synonym: (Scotland, obsolete) waster

Alternative forms

  • lister

Hypernyms

  • gig

Derived terms

  • clodding leister

Translations

See also

  • trident
  • kakivak

Verb

leister (third-person singular simple present leisters, present participle leistering, simple past and past participle leistered)

  1. (transitive) To catch or spear (fish) with a leister.

Derived terms

  • leisterer
  • leistering (noun)

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References

Further reading

  • leister on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Category:leister on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • reliest, retiles, sterile, treiles

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

leister m

  1. (non-standard since 1917) indefinite plural of leist

Source: wiktionary.org