tuberculosis
Tuberculosis can refer to infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages).
Length
12
Scrabble
16
WWF
21
Starts
TU
Ends
SIS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “TUBERCULOSIS” Mean?
/tjuːˌbɜː(r)kjʊˈləʊsɪs/
tuberculosis has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 senseinfection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
Synonyms
Synonyms for TUBERCULOSIS
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
12
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
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Definition
infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
Length
12 letters
Starts With
T
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Letters
T, U, B, E, R, C, U, L, O, S, I, S
Use Case
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Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★TUBERCULOSIS has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆TUBERCULOSIS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆TUBERCULOSIS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆TUBERCULOSIS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
10
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
B
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFBGHIJI
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCVCVC
Vowel Share
42%
Consonant Share
58%
Bigrams
TU, UB, BE, ER, RC, CU, UL, LO, OS, SI, IS
Trigrams
TUB, UBE, BER, ERC, RCU, CUL, ULO, LOS, OSI, SIS
Crossword Intelligence
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