asteism

1. Polite irony; a genteel and ingenious manner of deriding another.

2. Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.

3. In rhetoric, polite irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.

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Here are some other words you could make with the letters asteism

Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
miseats	9	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ae	2
ai	2
am	4
as	2
at	2
em	4
es	2
et	2
is	2
it	2
ma	4
me	4
mi	4
si	2
ta	2
te	2
ti	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aim	5
ais	3
ait	3
ami	5
ass	3
ate	3
eat	3
ems	5
ess	3
est	3
eta	3
ism	5
its	3
mae	5
mas	5
mat	5
met	5
mis	5
sae	3
sat	3
sea	3
sei	3
set	3
sim	5
sis	3
sit	3
tae	3
tam	5
tas	3
tea	3
tes	3
tie	3
tis	3
ats	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aims	6
aits	4
amie	6
amis	6
ates	4
east	4
eats	4
emit	6
ests	4
etas	4
isms	6
item	6
maes	6
mass	6
mast	6
mate	6
mats	6
meat	6
mesa	6
mess	6
meta	6
mise	6
miss	6
mist	6
mite	6
same	6
sate	4
sati	4
seam	6
seas	4
seat	4
seis	4
semi	6
seta	4
sets	4
sima	6
sims	6
site	4
sits	4
smit	6
stem	6
tame	6
tams	6
tase	4
tass	4
team	6
teas	4
ties	4
time	6
stim	6

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
amies	7
amiss	7
asset	5
easts	5
emits	7
items	7
maist	7
masse	7
masts	7
mates	7
meats	7
mesas	7
metis	7
mises	7
mists	7
mites	7
satem	7
sates	5
satis	5
seams	7
seats	5
seism	7
semis	7
simas	7
sites	5
smite	7
steam	7
stems	7
sties	5
stime	7
tames	7
tamis	7
tases	5
tasse	5
teams	7
times	7
stims	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
maists	8
misate	8
miseat	8
misset	8
samite	8
siesta	6
smites	8
steams	8
stimes	8
tassie	6
tmesis	8

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
miseats	9
misseat	9
samiest	9
samites	9
tamises	9