s 1 t 1 a 1 l 1 e 1 n 1 e 1 s 1 s 1
9 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed
noun having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging
originEtymology tree English stale Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English staleness From stale + -ness.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- lateness 8
- saltness 8
- seatless 8
- sensates 8
- assents 7
- entases 7
- lateens 7
- leanest 7
- lessens 7
- nestles 7
- netless 7
- sateens 7