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8 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
noun a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
originFirst attested in 1701; from organ + -ism, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “a tool, instrument”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“work”). Compare New Latin organismus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also spells
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- isogram 10
- margins 10
- morgans 10
- roaming 10
- amigos 9
- arming 9
- gamins 9
- imagos 9
- mangos 9
- margin 9