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Unscramble PERSIST — 152 words
The letters PERSIST rearrange into 8 full anagrams and 152 words in total.
- Total words
- 152
- Full anagrams
- 8
- Longest answer
- 7 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 2 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 2 vowels (E, I) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (P, R, S, S, T).
persist in a sentence
“If they persist in pointing their batteries against particular persons, no laws of war forbid the making reprisals.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of PERSIST
8 words use all 7 letters — every full rearrangement of the scramble:
7-letter words
8 words found- esprits59
- persist59
- priests59
- sitreps59
- spriest59
- sprites59
- stirpes59
- stripes59
6-letter words
23 words found- esprit8
- pistes8
- prests8
- priest8
- prises8
- ripest8
- sitrep8
- speirs8
- spiers8
- spires8
- spirts8
- spites8
- sprite8
- sprits8
- stipes8
+ 8 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
39 words found- peris7
- pests7
- piers7
- piste7
- press7
- prest7
- pries7
- prise7
- priss7
- ripes7
- septs7
- sipes7
- speir7
- spier7
- spies7
+ 24 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
41 words found- peri6
- pert6
- pest6
- pets6
- pier6
- pies6
- pits6
- psis6
- psst6
- reps6
- ripe6
- rips6
- seps6
- sept6
- sipe6
+ 26 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
30 words found- per5
- pes5
- pet5
- pie5
- pis5
- pit5
- psi5
- pst5
- rep5
- rip5
- sip5
- tip5
- ers3
- ess3
- est3
+ 15 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
11 words found- er2
- es2
- et2
- is2
- it2
- pe4
- pi4
- re2
- si2
- te2
- ti2
Words hidden inside PERSIST
Without moving a single letter, reading persist straight through uncovers 3 shorter words — ers, per, sis. The longest unbroken run is ers.
- ers3
- per5
- sis3
Related jumbles to try
Same letters, different word: unscramble esprits, unscramble priests, unscramble sitreps, unscramble spriest, unscramble sprites, unscramble stirpes, unscramble stripes.
Shorter words inside PERSIST — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to PERSIST
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and persist opens up 23 8-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
- esprits59
- persist59
- priests59
- sitreps59
- spriest59
- sprites59
- stirpes59
- stripes59
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
7
Distinct
6
Vowels
29%
E, I
Consonants
71%
P, R, S, S, T
Solving PERSIST: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters persist?
Rearranging the 7 letters in persist produces 152 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 7-letter answer esprits here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does persist have any anagrams?
Using every one of the 7 letters, persist can be rearranged into 8 words: esprits, persist, priests, sitreps, spriest, sprites, stirpes and stripes. These are full anagrams — each uses the same tiles in a different order.
What is the longest word you can make from persist?
The longest solutions run to 7 letters: esprits, persist, priests, sitreps, spriest and sprites (plus 2 more). Reaching the full length means every one of those tiles is in play at once.
What are the easiest short words from persist?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: persist yields ers, ess, est, ire, its, per, pes, pet, pie and pis. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "persist" used in a sentence?
Persist is itself a valid word. For example: "If they persist in pointing their batteries against particular persons, no laws of war forbid the making reprisals." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from persist scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, esprits is the top scorer from persist at 59 points, followed by persist (59), priests (59) and sitreps (59). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside persist?
Read left to right without moving any letters and persist already contains 3 shorter words: ers, per and sis. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is ers. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.