asterism

asterism is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A constellation. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A constellation.
2. noun. A small cluster of stars.
3. noun. An asterisk, or mark of reference.
4. noun. Three asterisks placed in this manner, /, to direct attention to a particular passage.
5. noun. An optical property of some crystals which exhibit a star-shaped by reflected light, as star sapphire, or by transmitted light, as some mica.
6. noun. (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation)
7. noun. (mineralogy) a star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in asterism:

maistres, misrates, smarties

Common word forms

asterisms, asterismal

Words from these letters

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