corona
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When corona helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
A C N O R
Two-Letter Start
CO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
NA
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- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- CO start
- NA ending
- repeated letters
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- corona is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, n, o, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The NA ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CO start.
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Pronunciation
noun
The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.
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A circle or set of circles visible around a bright celestial object, especially the Sun or the Moon, attributable to an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of its light by small water droplets or tiny ice crystals.
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(by extension) Any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person.
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A luminous appearance caused by corona discharge, often seen as a bluish glow in the air adjacent to pointed metal conductors carrying high voltages.
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The large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature, situated above the bed moulding and below the cymatium.
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A large, round pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.
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A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
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Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona.
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An upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body.
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A manifestation of secondary syphilis, consisting of papular lesions along the hairline, often bordering the scalp in the manner of a crown.
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An oval-shaped astrogeological feature, present on both the planet Venus and Uranus's moon Miranda, probably formed by upwellings of warm material below the surface.
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A mineral zone, consisting of one or more minerals, which surrounds another mineral or lies at the interface of two minerals, typically in a radial arrangement; a reaction rim.
verb
To surround with a luminous or crownlike ring as if by the solar corona.
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A coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2.
"The recent surge of deaths due to corona reveals the shortcomings of our current healthcare system."
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A coronavirus disease, especially COVID-19.
"She caught corona last week."
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A series of sonnets linked together in a particular manner.
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A long, straight-sided cigar with a roundly blunt end.