Cloister

/ˈklɔɪstə/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:12 pts8 letters

Definition of Cloister

noun

A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially:
A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
The monastic life.

verb

To become a Roman Catholic religious.
To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
"The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it."
To protect or isolate.

Anagrams of Cloister

Exact Anagrams

2 words using all 8 letters:

coistrel costlier

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "cloister":

8-LETTER WORDS

coistrel costlier

7-LETTER WORDS

citoles coilers colters corslet costrel erotics estriol lectors lictors loiters recoils relicts toilers

6-LETTER WORDS

ceorls cestoi citers citole closer closet coiler colies colter corset cosier coster cresol erotic escort+20 more

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "cloister" and rearranging:

+aloricates sclerotia sectorial

+hchlorites clothiers

+scloisters coistrels

Related Word Patterns

CL...Words starting with "cl"...ERWords ending with "er"All 8-letter words Unscramble "cloister"

Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

enter religion

Rhyming Words

abandoner abaser abater abetter abhorrer abider abjurer abler abolisher aborter abrader abridger abrupter absconder absenter+5 more

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