19 words come out when you unscramble KIST, starting with KIST itself: 8 in Scrabble, 8 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: KITS, SKIT and TIKS. The best shorter words score 7: 6 of them, KIT, SKI and TSK included. It has 4 letters, 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Words from KIST by length: 4 with 4 letters, 9 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Keep every letter of KIST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with KI · ending in ST · all 4-letter words
Add two letters to KIST:
KIST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
KIST works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 19) | 15 | 19 | 13 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TIKS, SIK, TIK and ST, 4 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KIS and KI, 2 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of KIST plus a single extra one.