enlist
enlist is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To enter on a list; to enroll; to register. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
- transitive verb. To engage for military or naval service, the name being entered on a list or register; as, to enlist men.
- transitive verb. To secure the support and aid of; to employ in advancing interest; as, to enlist persons in the cause of truth, or in a charitable enterprise.
- intransitive verb. To enroll and bind one's self for military or naval service; as, he enlisted in the regular army; the men enlisted for the war.
- intransitive verb. To enter heartily into a cause, as if enrolled.
- verb. join the military
- verb. engage somebody to enter the army
- verb. hire for work or assistance
"engage aid, help, services, or support"
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Other playable words that use exactly the letters in enlist:
elints, inlets, intels, listen, silent, slinte, tinsel
Common word forms
enlists, enlisted, enlister, enlisting, enlistment
Words from these letters
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