The word persist is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • persist v. (Intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
  • persist v. (Intransitive) To repeat an utterance.
  • persist v. (Intransitive) To continue to exist.

12 valid words from 3 definitions

AN CONTINUE EXIST GO INTRANSITIVE ON OR REPEAT RESOLUTELY STUBBORNLY TO UTTERANCE

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

ER ERS IS PE PER SI SIS SIST ST

5 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

IS RE REP SI SIS

8 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

ESPRITS PRIESTS SITREPS SPRIEST SPRITES STIRPES STRIPES TRIPSES

14 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

PERSISTS PERSISTED PERSISTER PERSISTENT PERSISTERS PERSISTING PERSISTIVE PERSISTENCE PERSISTENCY PERSISTENTS PERSISTENCES PERSISTENTLY PERSISTINGLY PERSISTENCIES

2 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

IMPERSISTENT NONPERSISTENT

28 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A PASTRIES PIASTERS PIASTRES RASPIEST TRAIPSES
+C CRISPEST
+E RESPITES
+F PRESIFTS
+H HIPSTERS THRIPSES
+I SPIRIEST
+L RESPLITS SPIRTLES
+M IMPRESTS
+N SPINSTER
+O PERIOSTS PROSIEST PROSTIES REPOSITS RIPOSTES SPORTIES TRIPOSES
+R STRIPERS
+S PERSISTS
+T SPITTERS TIPSTERS
+U PURSIEST
+Z SPRITZES

29 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-E SPIRTS SPRITS STIRPS STRIPS
-I PRESTS SPERST STREPS
-P REISTS RESIST RESITS SISTER STIRES
-R PISTES SPITES STIPES
-S ESPRIT PIERST PIERTS PRIEST RIPEST SITREP SPRITE STRIPE TRIPES
-T PISSER PRISES SPEIRS SPIERS SPIRES

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 44996 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 343098 chance.

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Categories without words

  • No cousins (Word found by changing only one letter.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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