c 3 o 1 r 1 o 1 n 1 a 1 v 4 i 1 r 1 u 1 s 1
11 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
originFrom corona (“crown-like circle of light appearing around the sun”) + virus. Corona is derived from Latin corōna (“garland, wreath; crown”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “something curved; curved stern of a ship; end, point, tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). The name refers to the characteristic appearance of its virions by electron microscopy, which have a fringe…
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Also spells
Words from these letters
- oncovirus 14
- voracious 14
- corvinas 13
- norovirus 12
- corvina 12
- ovonics 12
- vicunas 12
- corrasion 11
- rancorous 11
- covins 11
- ovisac 11
- ovonic 11