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fester
fester is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses
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- 1noun
To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.
- 2noun
To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.
- 3transitive verb
To cause to fester or rankle.
- 4noun
A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.
- 5noun
A festering or rankling.
- 6noun
a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
- 7verb
ripen and generate pus
"her wounds are festering"
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