How many words end in IST?

1,126, ranging from 4 to 15 letters.

What is the best scoring word that ends with IST?

PSYCHOPHYSICIST, worth 35 points in Scrabble.

PSYCHOPHYSICIST and CRYPTOZOOLOGIST, at 15 letters.

1,126 words end in IST, with PSYCHOPHYSICIST the highest scoring at 35 points.

Showing the highest-scoring of 1,126 words. The pages linked below split the rest into smaller lists.

The dictionary contains 1,126 words that end in IST — set out here by length.

Lengths span 4 to 15. The middle of that range is where the words are: 152 of them are 10 letters long.

If you are playing for score, PSYCHOPHYSICIST at 35 points is the pick. It tops both tables: 35 in Words With Friends as well.

The full 15 letters are used by PSYCHOPHYSICIST, CRYPTOZOOLOGIST and CHEMOTAXONOMIST.

If you need a narrower cut, the pages linked below split this set by letter and by length.

psychophysicist: a psychologist trained in psychophysics
psychotherapist: a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders
physiotherapist: therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder
photojournalist: a journalist who presents a story primarily through the use of photographs
ophthalmologist: a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye

How many words end in IST?: 1,126, ranging from 4 to 15 letters.
What is the best scoring word that ends with IST?: PSYCHOPHYSICIST, worth 35 points in Scrabble.
What is the longest word that ends with IST?: PSYCHOPHYSICIST and CRYPTOZOOLOGIST, at 15 letters.