8 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
verb to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
verb pierce with a sharp stake or point
originFrom Middle French transfixer, from Old French transfixer, from Latin transfigō (“to pierce through”), from trans- (“through”) + figō (“to pierce”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0