5-Letter Words Ending In IST

9 common words and 45 valid guesses end in "IST". The ending is locked — narrow further by starting letter.

9 common words45 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

moist
heist
exist
wrist
hoist
joist
waist
foist
twist

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (36)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

agist
alist
arist
blist
boist
brist
buist
crist
deist
epist
feist
frist
gaist
geist
glist
grist
idist
keist
maist
muist
neist
odist
ovist
puist
quist
reist
roist
shist
suist
toist
trist
umist
unist
whist
zeist
zoist

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 45 matches.

Most common letters

i45
s45
t45
o10
e10
r9
u7
a6
g5
b4

Most common letter by position

The most common letter in the 1st position is b, appearing in 4 of 45 words.

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 12 with 1 unique vowel
  • 33 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common openings

  • ag- · 1 words
  • al- · 1 words
  • ar- · 1 words
  • bl- · 1 words
  • bo- · 1 words

Strategy

9 possible answers end in "IST". Try a guess that uses one of the common openings shown above.

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