10 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
noun an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
verb be an understudy or alternate for a role
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- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- Proto-Italic *studēō Latin studeō Latin studiumbor. Old French estudie…
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