6 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
adverb away from the right path or direction
adverb far from the intended target
originFrom Middle English astraien or by apheresis straien, from Old French estraier (“to stray”), from late Medieval Latin extravagari (“to wander beyond”), from Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagārī (“to wander, stray”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0