8 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
verb act (a role) with great restraint
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Latin agō Latin ācta Old French actbor. Middle English acte English act English underact From under- + act.
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