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

Definitions

1. noun. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.
2. noun. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.
3. transitive verb. To cause to fester or rankle.
4. noun. A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.
5. noun. A festering or rankling.
6. noun. a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
7. verb. ripen and generate pus

   "her wounds are festering"

   Synonyms: maturate, suppurate

Synonyms

maturate, suppurate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in fester:

freest

Common word forms

festers, festered, festering, festerment

Words from these letters

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