infectious
Infectious is also used as adjective, with meanings including caused by infection or capable of causing infection.
Length
10
Scrabble
15
WWF
18
Starts
IN
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “INFECTIOUS” Mean?
infectious has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 sensescaused by infection or capable of causing infection
“viruses and other infective agents”
“a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease”
Synonyms
easily spread
“{'source': 'Bertrand Russell', 'text': 'fear is exceedingly infectious: children catch it from their elders'}”
of or relating to infection
“infectious hospital”
“infectious disease”
Synonyms for INFECTIOUS
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
10
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
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Definition
caused by infection or capable of causing infection
Length
10 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Letters
I, N, F, E, C, T, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★INFECTIOUS has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆INFECTIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆INFECTIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆INFECTIOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFAGHI
CV Pattern
VCCVCCVVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
IN, NF, FE, EC, CT, TI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
INF, NFE, FEC, ECT, CTI, TIO, IOU, OUS
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