pestilence
Pestilence can refer to a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of, any epidemic disease with a high death rate, or a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal.
Length
10
Scrabble
14
WWF
18
Starts
PE
Ends
NCE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PESTILENCE” Mean?
/ˈpɛstələn(t)s/
pestilence has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesa pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
“racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation”
“according to him, I was the canker in their midst”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
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Definition
a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
Length
10 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
P, E, S, T, I, L, E, N, C, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PESTILENCE has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PESTILENCE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PESTILENCE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PESTILENCE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFBGHB
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
PE, ES, ST, TI, IL, LE, EN, NC, CE
Trigrams
PES, EST, STI, TIL, ILE, LEN, ENC, NCE
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