Slit is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.
You can make 35 anagrams from letters in slit (ilst).
1175-1225; Middle English slitte (noun), slitten (v.); cognate with German schlitzen to split, slit; akin to Old English slite a slit, geslit a bite, slītan to split; see Examples for slit
The lower end of this rod is slit with a hacksaw and the rudder is placed in this. That slit had healed now, but the scar was always at his throat, and in both their hearts. Cut a slit in the shell of every one to prevent their bursting when hot. A hand moved slowly around the slit—a hand that held a pencil-ray. The opposite bank was manned by Germans, and in the darkness Deane-Drummond fell into a slit trench on top of a German soldier. First the contrite-but-not-really Massa offered to slit his wrists on camera. Slice challah bread into 1.5 inches then slit hole in middle of each slice and fill with Nutella. The darkness then was slit by a hard straight line of white. I will have the canoe drawn up, and gently, but firmly, slit it with my knife. His name was Alexander, and he had a rifle in his hands, but the eyes you could see through the slit in the mask looked friendly.