abyss

Noun

A deep and seemingly bottomless chasm.
a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
An impending catastrophic happening.
The center of an escutcheon; fess point.
The abyssal zone.
A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.

Verb

make amends for

Examples

The empty spaces on the Scrabble board looked like an abyss of possibilities.
They fell into the abyss of drug addiction.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English abissus, from Late Latin abyssus (“a bottomless gulf”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos, “bottomless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βυσσός (bussós, “deep place”), from βυθός (buthós, “deep place”). Displaced native Old English neowolnes.

Synonyms

aby, abye, abysm, atone, expiate, gulf

Scrabble Score: 10

abyss: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
abyss: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
abyss: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

abyss: valid Words With Friends Word