amaze

amaze is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.
2. transitive verb. To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly.
3. intransitive verb. To be astounded.
4. transitive verb. Bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder; amazement.
5. verb. be a mystery or bewildering to

   "This beats me!"

   "Got me--I don't know the answer!"

   Synonyms: baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle

6. verb. affect with wonder

   "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"

   Synonyms: astonish, astound

Synonyms

baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex, astonish, astound

Common word forms

amazed, amazer, amazes, amazing, amazeful, amazement

Words from these letters

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