plague
Plague can refer to a swarm of insects that attack plants, any epidemic disease with a high death rate, or any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God). As a verb, plague can mean to annoy continually or chronically or cause to suffer a blight.
Length
6
Scrabble
9
WWF
13
Starts
PL
Ends
GUE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “PLAGUE” Mean?
/pleɪɡ/
plague has 7 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
5 sensesa 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
Synonyms
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
Synonyms
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
an annoyance
“those children are a damn plague”
Verb
2 sensesScrabble Score
9
Letters
6
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
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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
6 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Letters
P, L, A, G, U, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆PLAGUE has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PLAGUE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆PLAGUE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
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★★★★☆PLAGUE uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDEF
CV Pattern
CCVCVV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
PL, LA, AG, GU, UE
Trigrams
PLA, LAG, AGU, GUE
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