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Is subsist a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word subsist is a Scrabble US word. The word subsist is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

S1U1B3S1I1S1T1

Is subsist a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word subsist is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

S1U1B3S1I1S1T1

Is subsist a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word subsist is a Words With Friends word. The word subsist is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1U2B4S1I1S1T1

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7-letter words (1 found)

SUBSIST,

6-letter words (3 found)

BUISTS,BUSTIS,TUSSIS,

5-letter words (7 found)

BUIST,BUSTI,BUSTS,SISTS,SITUS,STUBS,SUITS,

4-letter words (16 found)

BIST,BITS,BUSS,BUST,BUTS,SIBS,SISS,SIST,SITS,STUB,SUBS,SUIT,SUSS,TUBS,TUIS,UTIS,

3-letter words (15 found)

BIS,BIT,BUS,BUT,ITS,SIB,SIS,SIT,SUB,SUI,SUS,TIS,TUB,TUI,UTS,

2-letter words (8 found)

BI,IS,IT,SI,ST,TI,US,UT,

You can make 50 words from subsist according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of subsist

subsist

Etymology

From Latin subsistō (“halt, stop”), from sub (“below”) + sistō (“stand, place”). Compare consist, desist, exist, insist, persist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səbˈsɪst/
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Verb

subsist (third-person singular simple present subsists, present participle subsisting, simple past and past participle subsisted)

  1. To survive on a minimum of resources.
  2. (chiefly philosophy) To have ontological reality; to exist.
  3. To retain a certain state; to continue.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To supply sustenance or subsistence to or for.

Derived terms

  • consubsist

Related terms

  • subsistence
  • subsistent

Translations

See also

  • subside

Further reading

  • “subsist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “subsist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Source: wiktionary.org