shigella
Shigella can refer to rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon.
Length
8
Scrabble
12
WWF
14
Starts
SH
Ends
LLA
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SHIGELLA” Mean?
/ʃiˈɡelə/
shigella has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 senserod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon
Length
8 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
A
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
S, H, I, G, E, L, L, A
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Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆SHIGELLA has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SHIGELLA is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SHIGELLA can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SHIGELLA 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
1
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFFG
CV Pattern
CCVCVCCV
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
SH, HI, IG, GE, EL, LL, LA
Trigrams
SHI, HIG, IGE, GEL, ELL, LLA
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