pertussis
Pertussis can refer to a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane.
Length
9
Scrabble
11
WWF
13
Starts
PE
Ends
SIS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PERTUSSIS” Mean?
/pəˈtʌsɪs/
pertussis has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensea disease of the respiratory mucous membrane
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane
Length
9 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
S
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
P, E, R, T, U, S, S, I, S
Use Case
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Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆PERTUSSIS has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PERTUSSIS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PERTUSSIS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PERTUSSIS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFFGF
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
PE, ER, RT, TU, US, SS, SI, IS
Trigrams
PER, ERT, RTU, TUS, USS, SSI, SIS
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