pestiferous
Pestiferous is also used as adjective, with meanings including contaminated with infecting organisms.
Length
11
Scrabble
16
WWF
18
Starts
PE
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PESTIFEROUS” Mean?
/ˌpɛsˈtɪfəɹəs/
pestiferous has 4 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
4 sensescontaminated with infecting organisms
“dirty wounds”
“{'source': 'Jane Austen', 'text': 'obliged to go into infected rooms'}”
Synonyms
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
“{'source': 'Jonathan Swift', 'text': 'a pestilential malignancy in the air'}”
“plaguey fevers”
Synonyms
tending to corrupt or pervert
Synonyms
causing irritation or annoyance
“tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork”
“aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport”
“found it galling to have to ask permission”
“an irritating delay”
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
11
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
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Definition
contaminated with infecting organisms
Length
11 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Letters
P, E, S, T, I, F, E, R, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PESTIFEROUS has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PESTIFEROUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PESTIFEROUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PESTIFEROUS 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
2
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFBGHIC
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCVVC
Vowel Share
45%
Consonant Share
55%
Bigrams
PE, ES, ST, TI, IF, FE, ER, RO, OU, US
Trigrams
PES, EST, STI, TIF, IFE, FER, ERO, ROU, OUS
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