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Is moist a Scrabble word?

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Definition

adj (English)

1. (informal) Of the vagina: sexually lubricated due to sexual arousal; of a woman: sexually aroused, turned on.Examples: "He slid a finger in me, checking to make sure I was moist and ready for him."Synonyms: wetinformal

2. (medicine)

3. (medicine)

4. (sciences, historical) Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterized by wetness; also, having a significant amount of this quality.Examples: "[T]he moiſt ſtarre, Vpon whoſe influence Neptunes Empier ſtands, Was ſicke almoſt to doomeſday with eclipſe, […]"; "[…] Ergo it behooveth then, that the firſt age, and the firſt ſeaſon of things ſhould beginne in the moiſteſt Signe, which is Aries, and in his head, as the principall of the Members, the Fortreſſe of the Soule, and the Signe of Life."; "Pituita, or Fleagme, is a cold and moiſt humour, begotten of the colder part of the Chylus, (or white iuyce comming of the meat digeſted in the ſtomacke) in the Liuer, his office is to nouriſh, and moiſten the members of the body, which as the tongue, are moued, that they be no ouer-drye."historical

5. (obsolete)Examples: "O pardon me, my liege, but for my teares, The moiſt impediments vnto my ſpeech, I had foreſtald this deere and deep rebuke, […]"; "For the chief, he in whom Pallas pour'd Her store of counsels, Ithacus, aboard went last, and then The moist ways of the sea they sail'd."; "Some being of the opinion of Thales, that water was the originall of all things, thought it most equall to ſubmit unto the principle of putrefaction, and conclude in a moiſt relentment."Synonyms: liquidlike, fluent, fluid, fluidal, fluidic, fluidical, liquid, liquidlikeobsolete

6. (obsolete)Examples: "And the moiſt daughters of huge Atlas ſtroue Into the Ocean deepe to driue their weary droue."; "Ere twice in murke and occidentall dampe Moiſt Heſperus hath quench'd her ſleepy Lampe: […]"; "Nor yet, when moiſt Arcturus clouds the sky, The woods and fields their pleaſing toils deny."alsoobsoletepoetic

noun (English)

1. (obsolete except US, regional) Moistness; also, moisture.Examples: "[T]hey launch'd the ship, the mast it bore Advanc'd, sails hoised, every seat his oar Gave with a leather thong. The deep moist then They further reach'd."; "Th' Arch-Angel Uriel, one of the ſeav'n […] That run through all the Heav'ns, or down to th' Earth Bear his [God's] ſwift errands over moiſt and dry, O're Sea and Land: […]"regionaluncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive)Examples: "He calleth for a ſponge (ſaith Theodoritus) and therevvith moiſteth and vvaſsheth Simeones mouthe, and then geueth him the holy Sacrament."; "They [the legendary Fortunate Isles] haue raine there very ſeldom, howbeit a gentle winde commonly that bloweth in a litle ſiluer dew, which moiſteth the earth ſo finely, that it maketh it fertile and luſtie, not onely to bring forth all that is ſet or ſowen apon it but of it ſelfe without mans hand it beareth ſo good frute, as ſufficiently maintaineth the inhabitants dwelling apon it, liuing idlely, and taking no paines."; "Now no more The iuyce of Egypts Grape ſhall moyſt this lip."Synonyms: dampen, enmoisten, hydrate, wetAntonyms: dehydrate, desiccate, dry, exiccate, exsiccate, parchUSregionaltransitive

2. (transitive)figurativelyobsoletetransitive

3. (intransitive)USintransitive

4. (intransitive)Examples: "Auyſing the bright bemes of theſe fayer Iyes where he is that myn oft moiſteth & waſſheth"; "Againe, nothyng moiſteth ſoner then water. Therefore, a wepyng eye cauſeth muche moiſture, and prouoketh teares."; "There is other ſome yͭ [that] heateth temperately. And another yͭ cooleth temperatly, and if moiſtneſſe be ioyned therewith, it moiſteth, and with a drie thinge, it drieth."intransitiveobsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "moist"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "moist"?

Scrabble
7 points
M3
O1
I1
S1
T1
Words With Friends
8 points
M4
O1
I1
S1
T1

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