Gists is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.
You can make 35 anagrams from letters in gists (gisst).
1720-30; Anglo-French (cest action) gist (this matter) lies, 3rd singular present indicative of Anglo-French, Old French gesir to lie ≪ Latin jacēre
Now, Smith, you've given me the gist of the matter, haven't you?
I don't know that I could repeat it word for word, but I could certainly give the gist of it.
But, in short, the gist of this argument is: Afghanistan's a loser.
That, as far as Mary understood anything about it, was the gist of the story.
One niece of a victim wrote her a letter, the gist of which was, “Lois Robison, shut up,” she said.
In pamphlet form the gist of it started upon the rounds of Europe.
Mrs. Kennedy, interpreting the gist of the exchange, signaled to White that Camelot must be kept in the text.
And this was the gist of most of the expressed sentiments which came to him.
I want to have the gist of them before the London Syndicate sees them.
That has been the gist of Axelson's repeated communications.