a 1 s 1 t 1 o 1 n 1 i 1 s 1 h 4
8 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb affect with wonder
originProbably an alteration (due to words ending in -ish: abolish, banish, cherish, establish, furnish, etc.) of earlier astony, astone, astun (“to astonish, stun”), from Middle English astoneyen, astonen (“to stun, astonish”), variant of stonen, stoneyen (“to stun, astonish”) prefixed with a-. However, compare Old French estonir, a rare variant of estoner (“to stun, astonish”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- shantis 10
- stonish 10
- haints 9
- hoists 9
- hostas 9
- shanti 9
- shoats 9
- snaths 9
- tonish 9
- ahint 8
- hains 8
- haint 8