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5 Letter Words Ending In Oist
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There are 4 five-letter English words that end in OIST in the word list Wordton searches, ENABLE plus a curated modern supplement.
This is the complete list from our 173,000-word dictionary: every entry, with a note on what it is.
- foist8 ptsto pass something off on someone by trickery
- hoist8 ptsto raise or lift, especially with tackle
- joist12 ptsone of the parallel beams that carry a floor
- moist7 ptsslightly wet, famously the word everyone loves to hate
Why so few?
-OIST is really the word HOIST and its rhymes: a small Middle English cluster that never grew. Longer -OIST words exist (egoist, oboist, soloist) but they all need six letters or more, leaving just these four at five.