Definitions for carrion

carrion car·ri·on

Spelling: [kar-ee-uh n]
IPA: /ˈkær i ən/

Carrion is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 147 anagrams from letters in carrion (acinorr).

Definitions for carrion

noun

  1. dead and putrefying flesh.
  2. rottenness; anything vile.

adjective

  1. feeding on carrion.

Origin of carrion

1175-1225; Middle English caroyne, careyn, carion Anglo-French careine, Old French charo(i)gne Vulgar Latin *caronia, equivalent to Latin carun- (see caruncle) +

Examples for carrion

carrion resigned as Bronx borough president to join the Obama administration in Washington.

Offal and carrion were strewn all about the place; it swarmed with flies.

Say, rather, if you have the vulture's appetite, you must go where there is carrion!

But you are learning, cur; you are learning by the pain of your fat carcase; is it not so, carrion?

That foul eater of the carrion of the priests wishes your life!

The plunder was taken, "as a dead enemy is picked by carrion buzzards."

There was the scent of carrion in the air now; I saw it in his eyes.

"Unshackle me this carrion, and heave it overboard," was the harsh order.

Already the carrion birds had gathered in incredible numbers.

And in their wake came all that class of carrion which is ever seeking something for nothing.

Word Value for carrion
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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