infest

infest is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Mischievous; hurtful; harassing. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 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 10 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.
2. transitive verb. To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates.
3. verb. invade in great numbers

   "the roaches infested our kitchen"

   Synonyms: overrun

4. verb. live on or in a host, as of parasites
5. verb. occupy in large numbers or live on a host

   "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"

   Synonyms: invade, overrun

Synonyms

overrun, invade

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in infest:

feints, festin, finest

Common word forms

infests, infested, infester, infesting, infestment

Words from these letters

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