Cistern is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 252 anagrams from letters in cistern (ceinrst).
1250-1300; Middle English cistern(e) Latin cisterna, equivalent to cist(a) (see cist1) + -erna noun suffix
To prove she was wrong he went and pried the cistern cover off to look, and fell in.
He said, no; said the cistern was awful low and 'twould use up all the water.
She might wash the blankets, or begin quilting, or clean the cistern.
We know the exact geography even of the larder and the cistern.
At this the two trappers, leaving the party by the fire, betook themselves to the cistern.
And then she knew the cistern was being cleaned and Jason Squiff was on the job.
He forced open some of the packing-cases which were piled near the cistern.
He emptied the cistern, and cleansed it, with plentiful washings.
There was also a cistern at the end of the portico, next the triclinium.
"I've been all wrong," he said, sitting down on the cistern.
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