epidemic
Epidemic can refer to a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time. Epidemic is also used as adjective, with meanings including (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously.
Length
8
Scrabble
15
WWF
18
Starts
EP
Ends
MIC
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “EPIDEMIC” Mean?
/ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk/
epidemic has 2 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
1 sense(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously
“an epidemic outbreak of influenza”
Noun
1 sensea widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
8
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
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Definition
(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously
Length
8 letters
Starts With
E
Ends With
C
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Letters
E, P, I, D, E, M, I, C
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★EPIDEMIC has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆EPIDEMIC is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆EPIDEMIC can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆EPIDEMIC contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDAECF
CV Pattern
VCVCVCVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
EP, PI, ID, DE, EM, MI, IC
Trigrams
EPI, PID, IDE, DEM, EMI, MIC
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