ergot
Ergot can refer to a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus or a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid.
Length
5
Scrabble
6
WWF
7
Starts
ER
Ends
GOT
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “ERGOT” Mean?
/ˈɜːɡət/
ergot has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesa plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
Length
5 letters
Starts With
E
Ends With
T
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
E, R, G, O, T
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Scrabble Strategy
★★☆☆☆ERGOT has a Scrabble score of 6. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆ERGOT is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
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★★★★☆ERGOT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
G
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
VCCVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
ER, RG, GO, OT
Trigrams
ERG, RGO, GOT
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