Vira, a word germ

Vira

Wordemic mascot

Chaotic extrovert. Desperate to go viral. Has never once washed her hands of anything.

Job
Self-described influencer
From
A Petri dish someone forgot to cover
Personality
Loud, needy, oddly lovable
Health quirk
Allergic to hand sanitiser

Her story

Vira was the shyest germ in the Petri dish until a lab tech left the lid off one Friday night. By Monday she had spread to every word game in the building. She collects letters the way other germs collect hosts, and is quietly heartbroken that nobody wants to catch her.

She insists she's "not that kind of viral" and has never been sneezed out of anywhere she didn't want to leave.

What she says when you win

Find her in Wordemic.

Updated 15 November 2026.