gist

gist is a 4-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A resting place. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A resting place.
2. noun. The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question.
3. noun. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

   "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"

   "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"

   Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, heart, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, pith, substance

4. noun. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

   Synonyms: burden, core, effect, essence

Synonyms

center, centre, core, essence, heart, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, pith, substance, sum, burden, effect

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in gist:

gits

Common word forms

gists

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