8 Letter Words for Asterisk
asterisk, sarkiest
7 Letter Words for Asterisk
arkites, artsies, kaisers, karites, karsies, kassite, sairest, satires, skaters, straike, straiks, strakes, streaks, strikes, taskers, tirasse
6 Letter Words for Asterisk
airest, arises, ariste, arkite, arties, askers, assert, asters, eskars, essart, kaiser, karite, karsts, kesars, kissar, kisser, kiters, kraits, krasis, krises, raises, rastik, reasts, reists, rekiss, resist, resits, restis, sakers, sarkit, satire, serais, sestia, siesta, sister, sistra, sitars, skarts, skater, skates, skears, skiers, skirts, skiter, skites, skries, stairs, staker, stakes, stares, starik, starks, steaks, stears, stires, stirks, straes, straik, strake, streak, striae, strike, takers, takier, tasers, tasker, tasser, tassie, terais, terass, traiks, tresis, trikes
5 Letter Words for Asterisk
aesir, airts, arest, arets, aries, arise, arist, arite, arkie, arsis, asker, asset, aster, astir, astre, earst, easts, erika, eskar, ikats, irate, iters, kaies, karst, karts, kaser, katis, keats, keirs, keist, keita, kerat, kesar, kests, ketas, kiers, kisra, kists, kitar, kiter, kites, krait, kreis, kriss, ksars, raiks, raise, raits, rakes, rakis, rakit, rasse, rates, reais, reaks, reask, reast, reiks, reist, resat, resit, rests, retia, rises, risks, rissa, rites, sairs, saist, saker, sakes, sakti, saris, sarks, sates, satis, sears, seats, seirs, sekts, serai, serks, serta, sesti, siest, sikar, sikas, siker, sikes, siket, sikra, sires, sitar, sites, skair, skart, skate, skats, skear, skeat, skers, skier, skies, skirt, skite, skits, stair, stake, stare, stark, stars, steak, stear, steri, sterk, sties, stire, stirk, stirs, strae, stria, taise, taker, takes, takis, tares, tarie, tarse, tarsi, taser, tasks, tasse, teaks, tears, terai, teras, tiars, tiers, tikas, tires, tisar, traik, trass, treas, treks, tress, trias, tries, trike
4 Letter Words for Asterisk
aire, airs, airt, aits, aker, akes, ares, aret, aris, arks, arte, arts, asks, asse, assi, asst, astr, ates, atis, ears, east, eats, eiks, eira, eras, erat, eria, eris, erks, erst, ests, etas, iare, ikat, ikra, irak, ires, irks, itas, iter, kaes, kaie, kais, kart, kati, kats, keas, keat, keir, kera, kers, kest, keta, kets, kier, kirs, kiss, kist, kite, kits, kras, kris, ksar, raik, rais, rait, rake, raki, rast, rate, rats, reak, reik, reit, rest, rets, rias, ries, rise, risk, rist, rita, rite, rits, saek, sair, sais, sake, sare, sari, sark, sars, sart, sate, sati, seak, sear, seas, seat, seik, seir, seis, seit, sekt, serk, sers, sert, seta, sets, siak, sier, sika, sike, sire, sirs, sise, sist, sita, site, sits, skas, skat, sker, sket, skis, skit, sris, star, ster, stie, stir, stra, stre, tais, take, taki, taks, tare, tari, tars, task, tass, teak, tear, teas, tera, tiar, tier, ties, tika, tire, trek, tres, trie, tsia, tsks
3 Letter Words for Asterisk
aer, aes, aik, air, ais, ait, ake, are, ark, ars, art, ase, ask, ass, ast, ate, ear, eas, eat, eik, eir, era, erk, ers, ert, esr, ess, est, eta, ike, ira, ire, irk, irs, ise, ist, ita, its, kae, kai, kas, kat, kea, ket, kie, kir, kit, kra, krs, ksi, rai, ras, rat, rea, rei, res, ria, rie, rit, rte, rti, sai, sar, sat, sea, sei, ser, set, sie, sir, sis, sit, ska, ski, sri, sse, sta, stk, str, tai, tak, tar, tas, tea, ter, tes, tie, tis, tra, tri, trs, tsi, tsk, tss
Definitions for Asterisk
[1] a small starlike symbol (*), used in writing and printing as a reference mark or to indicate omission, doubtful matter, etc.
[2] Linguistics . the figure of a star (*) used to mark an utterance that would be considered ungrammatical or otherwise unacceptable by native speakers of a language, as in * I enjoy to ski.
[3] Historical Linguistics . the figure of a star (*) used to mark a hypothetical or reconstructed form that is not attested in a text or inscription.
[4] something in the shape of a star or asterisk.
[5] any factor or element that makes an otherwise outstanding achievement somewhat doubtful or less impressive: Two favorites were injured in practice, so his win comes with an asterisk attached.
[6] a minor or insignificant person or thing: his unlikely rise from an asterisk in the polls to the winning candidate.
[7] to mark with an asterisk.
[8] a star-shaped character (*) used in printing or writing to indicate a cross-reference to a footnote, an omission, etc
[9] (in historical linguistics) this sign used to indicate an unattested reconstructed form (in descriptive linguistics) this sign used to indicate that an expression is ungrammatical or in some other way unacceptable
[10] (tr) to mark with an asterisk
Words related to Asterisk
bullet, dagger, ditto, reference, caret, punctuation
Words nearby Asterisk
aster yellows, asteraceous, astereognosis, asteriated, asterion, asterisk, asterism, asterixis, astern, asternal, asternia
Origin of Asterisk
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin asteriscus < Greek asterískos, diminutive of astḗr star
Word origin for Asterisk
C17: from Late Latin asteriscus a small star, from Greek asteriskos, from astēr star
Synonyms for Asterisk
bullet, caret, dagger, diacritical mark, ditto, double dagger, leaders, punctuation, punctuation mark, reference
