opossum

opossum is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes. The common species of the United States is Didelphys Virginiana. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes. The common species of the United States is Didelphys Virginiana.
2. noun. nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America

   Synonyms: possum

3. noun. small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails

   Synonyms: phalanger, possum

Synonyms

possum, phalanger

Common word forms

opossums

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