pestis

pestis is a 6-letter English word with 1 sense as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal. Face value is 8 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 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 1 sense

Definitions

1. noun. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

   Synonyms: pest, pestilence, plague

Synonyms

pest, pestilence, plague

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pestis:

pistes, spites, stipes

Words from these letters

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