Unscramble PERSIST and you have 190 words, PERSIST itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. 8 anagrams of PERSIST are on the page, ESPRITS, PRIESTS and SITREPS included; each is 9 points. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. PERSIST as a single 7-tile play makes 59 in Scrabble, 9 plus the 50 bonus, and 45 in Words With Friends (10 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PERSIST by length: 9 with 7 letters, 29 with 6, 51 with 5, 56 with 4, 33 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Among 29 6-letter words made with PERSIST letters, the top score is 8, reached by 24. SISTER, PRIEST and STRIPS are the familiar ones.
51 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PERSIST; 36 of them share the top score of 7. SITES, PRESS and STEPS are everyday picks.
28 of 56 4-letter words from PERSIST tie at 6 points; none scores more. SITE, TIPS and STEP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PERSIST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with PE · ending in ST · all 7-letter words
PERSIST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PERSIST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERSIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 154 | 189 | 143 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 35 of them: TRIPSES, PIERST, PIERTS, SPERST, EPRIS, PERST, PERTS, PETRI, PIERT, PIETS, PISES, RISPS and 23 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: SITREPS, SITREP, RESITS, SEPS, PST, RESIT, ESTS, TRES, EST, TES and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.
With one more tile, the letters of PERSIST spell the words below.