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Is astound a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word astound is a Scrabble US word. The word astound is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is astound a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word astound is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Yes. The word astound is a Words With Friends word. The word astound is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

ASTOUND,

6-letter words (5 found)

DAUNTS,DONUTS,SOUDAN,STOUND,TAUONS,

5-letter words (34 found)

ADUST,ASTUN,AUNTS,AUTOS,DANTS,DATOS,DAUNT,DAUTS,DOATS,DONAS,DONUT,DOUTS,DUANS,DUNTS,NODUS,NUTSO,SANTO,SAUNT,SNOUT,SOUND,STAND,STAUN,STOND,STOUN,TAUON,TOADS,TONUS,TOUNS,TUANS,TUNAS,TUNDS,UDONS,UNDOS,UNSOD,

4-letter words (69 found)

ADOS,ANDS,ANTS,ANUS,AUNT,AUTO,DANS,DANT,DATO,DAUT,DOAT,DONA,DONS,DOSA,DOST,DOTS,DOUN,DOUT,DUAN,DUNS,DUNT,DUOS,DUST,NADS,NAOS,NATS,NODS,NOTA,NOUS,NOUT,NUTS,OAST,OATS,ODAS,ONST,ONUS,OUDS,OUST,OUTA,OUTS,SADO,SAND,SANT,SAUT,SNOD,SNOT,SODA,SOUT,STOA,STUD,STUN,TADS,TANS,TAOS,TAUS,TOAD,TODS,TONS,TOSA,TOUN,TUAN,TUNA,TUND,TUNS,UDON,UDOS,UNDO,UNTO,UTAS,

3-letter words (51 found)

ADO,ADS,AND,ANS,ANT,ATS,DAN,DAS,DON,DOS,DOT,DSO,DUN,DUO,NAS,NAT,NOD,NOS,NOT,NUS,NUT,OAT,ODA,ODS,ONS,OUD,OUS,OUT,SAD,SAN,SAT,SAU,SOD,SON,SOT,SOU,SUD,SUN,TAD,TAN,TAO,TAS,TAU,TOD,TON,TUN,UDO,UDS,UNS,UTA,UTS,

2-letter words (20 found)

AD,AN,AS,AT,DA,DO,NA,NO,NU,OD,ON,OS,OU,SO,ST,TA,TO,UN,US,UT,

You can make 180 words from astound according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of astound

astound

Etymology

From Middle English astouned, astoned, astuned, past participle of astounen, astonen, astunen (“to astonish”). More at astonish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈstaʊnd/
  • Rhymes: -aʊnd

Verb

astound (third-person singular simple present astounds, present participle astounding, simple past and past participle astounded)

  1. To astonish, bewilder or dazzle.
    • 1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 8,[1]
      These thoughts may startle well, but not astound
      The vertuous mind […]
    • 1982, Paul Auster, “On the High Wire” in The Art of Hunger, Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1992, p. 240,[4]
      A young man had strung a wire between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral and walked and juggled and danced on it for three hours, astounding the crowds of people below.

Derived terms

  • astoundable
  • astounded
  • astounder
  • astounding

Translations

Adjective

astound (comparative more astound, superlative most astound)

  1. (obsolete) Stunned; astounded; astonished.

Further reading

  • “astound”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “astound”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “astound”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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