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Is whist a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word whist is a Scrabble US word. The word whist is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is whist a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word whist is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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5-letter words (5 found)

SWITH,WHIST,WHITS,WISHT,WITHS,

4-letter words (10 found)

HIST,HITS,SHIT,SITH,THIS,WHIT,WISH,WIST,WITH,WITS,

3-letter words (8 found)

HIS,HIT,ISH,ITS,SIT,TIS,WIS,WIT,

2-letter words (7 found)

HI,IS,IT,SH,SI,ST,TI,

You can make 30 words from whist according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of whist

whist hwist wihst iwhst hiwst ihwst whsit hwsit wshit swhit hswit shwit wisht iwsht wsiht swiht iswht siwht hiswt ihswt hsiwt shiwt ishwt sihwt whits hwits wihts iwhts hiwts ihwts whtis hwtis wthis twhis htwis thwis withs iwths wtihs twihs itwhs tiwhs hitws ihtws htiws thiws ithws tihws whsti hwsti wshti swhti hswti shwti whtsi hwtsi wthsi twhsi htwsi thwsi wsthi swthi wtshi twshi stwhi tswhi hstwi shtwi htswi thswi sthwi tshwi wisth iwsth wsith swith iswth siwth witsh iwtsh wtish twish itwsh tiwsh wstih swtih wtsih twsih stwih tswih istwh sitwh itswh tiswh stiwh tsiwh histw ihstw hsitw shitw ishtw sihtw hitsw ihtsw htisw thisw ithsw tihsw hstiw shtiw htsiw thsiw sthiw tshiw isthw sithw itshw tishw stihw tsihw

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Definitions and meaning of whist

whist

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wĭst, IPA(key): /wɪst/ or enPR: hwĭst, IPA(key): /ʍɪst/ (in Scottish English and some English accents)
  • Rhymes: -ɪst
  • Homophone: wist (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Etymology 1

Alteration of whisk, perhaps so called from the notion of “whisking” up cards after each trick. Altered perhaps on assumption that the word was an interjection invoking silence, by influence of whist (“silent”).

Noun

whist (countable and uncountable, plural whists)

  1. Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
  2. A session of playing this card game.
Derived terms
Translations

See also

  • whist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Whist in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Etymology 2

From Middle English whist (“silent”), possibly onomatopoeic.

Interjection

whist

  1. Alternative spelling of whisht. Silence!, quiet!, hush!, shhh!, shush!

Verb

whist (third-person singular simple present whists, present participle whisting, simple past and past participle whisted)

  1. (transitive, rare) To hush or shush; to still.
  2. (intransitive, rare) To become silent.

Adjective

whist (comparative more whist, superlative most whist)

  1. (rare) Silent, hushed.

References

Anagrams

  • Whits, swith, whits, wisht, withs

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English whist.

Noun

whist m inan

  1. whist

Declension

Danish

Etymology

From English whist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vest/, [ˈʋesd̥]
  • Homophones: vidst, vist

Noun

whist c (singular definite whisten, not used in plural form)

  1. whist (a card game)

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English whist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wist/

Noun

whist m (uncountable)

  1. whist

Further reading

  • “whist”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English whist.

Noun

whist m (invariable)

  1. whist (card game)

Source: wiktionary.org