v 4 e 1 l 1 u 1 m 3
5 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
noun a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking
originBorrowed from Latin vēlum (“a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil”). Doublet of veil.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0