m 3 o 1 n 1 k 5 e 1 y 4 p 3 o 1 x 8
9 letters · 27 points in Scrabble
Meaning
originFrom monkey + pox; originally so named based on cases in monkeys, although the name was a misnomer because monkeys are less of a reservoir for the disease than other animals are. More at Wikipedia (mpox § Nomenclature).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- exonym 18
- epoxy 17
- kempy 16
- myxo 16
- poxy 16
- monkey 15
- pyx 15
- mopoke 14
- pokey 14
- onyx 14
- kex 14
- eponym 13