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Yes. The word trist is a Scrabble US word. The word trist is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (2 found)

RITTS,TRIST,

4-letter words (4 found)

RITS,RITT,STIR,TITS,

3-letter words (7 found)

ITS,RIT,SIR,SIT,SRI,TIS,TIT,

2-letter words (5 found)

IS,IT,SI,ST,TI,

You can make 18 words from trist according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of trist

trist rtist tirst itrst ritst irtst trsit rtsit tsrit strit rstit srtit tisrt itsrt tsirt stirt istrt sitrt ristt irstt rsitt sritt isrtt sirtt trits rtits tirts itrts ritts irtts trtis rttis ttris ttris rttis trtis titrs ittrs ttirs ttirs ittrs titrs ritts irtts rtits trits itrts tirts trsti rtsti tsrti strti rstti srtti trtsi rttsi ttrsi ttrsi rttsi trtsi tstri sttri ttsri ttsri sttri tstri rstti srtti rtsti trsti strti tsrti tistr itstr tsitr stitr isttr sittr titsr ittsr ttisr ttisr ittsr titsr tstir sttir ttsir ttsir sttir tstir isttr sittr itstr tistr stitr tsitr ristt irstt rsitt sritt isrtt sirtt ritst irtst rtist trist itrst tirst rstit srtit rtsit trsit strit tsrit istrt sitrt itsrt tisrt stirt tsirt

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Definitions and meaning of trist

trist

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Apparently related to trust.

Noun

trist (plural trists)

  1. (obsolete) Trust, faith.

Verb

trist (third-person singular simple present trists, present participle tristing, simple past and past participle tristed)

  1. (obsolete) To trust, have faith in.

Etymology 2

From Old French triste. Compare tryst.

Noun

trist (plural trists)

  1. (obsolete) A set station in hunting.
  2. (obsolete, form of tryst) (secret meeting).
    • 1543, anonymous, Howard Papers, letter dated September 1543
      George Douglas […] caused a trist to be set between him and the cardinal and four lords; at the which trist he and the cardinal agreed finally.

Etymology 3

Adjective

trist (comparative more trist, superlative most trist)

  1. Alternative form of triste (“sad; sorrowful; gloomy”).

Anagrams

  • ritts, trits

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *trist, from Latin trīstis. Compare Welsh trist, French triste.

Adjective

trist

  1. sad

Derived terms

  • tristidigezh

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan trist, from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis. Compare Occitan triste.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈtɾist]

Adjective

trist (feminine trista, masculine plural trists or tristos, feminine plural tristes)

  1. sad, unhappy
    Antonyms: feliç, alegre

Derived terms

  • tristesa
  • tristament
  • entristir

References

  • “trist” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “trist”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “trist” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “trist” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cornish

Etymology

From Latin trīstis.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /triːst/

Adjective

trist

  1. sad, mournful

References

  • [1] in Gerlyver Kernewek
  • Gerlyver Meur, 3rd Edition, 2020

Danish

Etymology

From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.

Adjective

trist (neuter trist, plural and definite singular attributive triste, comparative tristere, superlative (predicative) tristest, superlative (attributive) tristeste)

  1. sad
  2. (of a situation) sad

Inflection

References

  • “trist” in Den Danske Ordbog

Friulian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis. Compare Italian tristo.

Adjective

trist

  1. bad, wicked, evil, malevolent

Synonyms

  • cjâtif
  • malcreât
  • necuitôs

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French triste. Ultimately from Latin trīstis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɪst/

Adjective

trist (strong nominative masculine singular trister, comparative trister, superlative am tristesten)

  1. dull
  2. miserable
  3. sad

Declension

Synonyms

  • trostlos, öde

Further reading

  • “trist” in Duden online
  • “trist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle English

Noun

trist

  1. Alternative form of trest

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.

Adjective

trist (neuter singular trist, definite singular and plural triste, comparative tristere, indefinite superlative tristest, definite superlative tristeste)

  1. sad
  2. depressing
  3. (as an adverb) sadly

Derived terms

  • tristhet

References

  • “trist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.

Adjective

trist (neuter singular trist, definite singular and plural triste, comparative tristare, indefinite superlative tristast, definite superlative tristaste)

  1. sad
  2. depressing
  3. (as an adverb) sadly

References

  • “trist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

trist m (feminine singular trista, masculine plural trists, feminine plural tristas)

  1. sad

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 320.
  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎[2], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 998.

Piedmontese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis. Compare Italian tristo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrist/

Adjective

trist

  1. sad

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trist/

Adjective

trist m or n (feminine singular tristă, masculine plural triști, feminine and neuter plural triste)

  1. sad
    Antonyms: fericit, bucuros, vesel

Declension

Related terms

  • tristețe

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • trest (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.

Adjective

trist m (feminine singular trista, masculine plural trists, feminine plural tristas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) sad

Antonyms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) allegher
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) legher
  • (Puter, Vallader) alleger

Serbo-Croatian

Numeral

trist (Cyrillic spelling трист)

  1. (colloquial) thirty
    Synonym: (Standard) trideset

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French triste, from Latin tristis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

trist (comparative tristare, superlative tristast)

  1. boring
  2. not fun, bad, a pity

Declension

References

  • trist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • trist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • trist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh trist, from Old Welsh trist, from Proto-Brythonic *trist, from Latin trīstis.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /triːsd/, [triːst]
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /trɪsd/, [trɪst]
  • Rhymes: -iːsd, -ɪsd

Adjective

trist (feminine singular trist, plural tristion, equative tristed, comparative tristach, superlative tristaf)

  1. sad

Mutation

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “trist”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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