organism
Plural: organisms
Noun
- Any individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
- a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
- a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
- "the social organism"
- A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.
- Something with many separate interdependent parts, seen as being like a living thing; an organic system.
- The fact of being organic; organicity.
Examples
- Discovering ORGANISM on the board felt like finding a new life form, complete with high-value letters.
Origin / Etymology
From organ + -ism, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “tool, instrument”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“work”). Compare Medieval Latin organismus.
Scrabble Score: 11
organism: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordorganism: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
organism: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
organism: valid Words With Friends Word