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8 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners)
noun something that strongly attracts attention and admiration
originFrom Middle French Cynosure (“Ursa Minor; Polaris”), from Latin Cynosūra (“Ursa Minor”), from Ancient Greek Κυνόσουρα (Kunósoura, “Ursa Minor”, literally “dog’s tail”), from κυνός (kunós, “dog's”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- coneys 11
- rouncy 11
- coney 10
- corny 10
- cosey 10
- coyer 10
- crony 10
- sycon 10
- uncoy 10
- conures 9
- senryu 9
- cony 9