What PESTILENCE Means
- 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
- noun: any epidemic disease with a high death rate
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PESTILENCE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 E1 S1 T1 I1 L1 E1 N1 C3 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In PESTILENCE
474 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
9 letter words (3)
8 letter words (11)
7 letter words (46)
CELESTECENTILECLIENTSECLIPSEEELIESTENSTEEPENTICESEPEEISTEPICENEEPISTLEINCEPTSINSPECTLECTINSLENITESLENTISCLEPTINSLICENSELICENTELISENTEPECTENSPECTINSPECTISEPEINCTSPELITESPENCELSPENCILSPENLITEPENSILEPENTICEPENTISEPICENESPIECENSPINTLESPLENISTSECTILESELENICSETLINESILENCESPLENICSTEELIESTEEPENSTEEPLESTELENESTENCILTELEPICTENSILE
6 letter words (74)
CLEEPSCLEPESCLIENTCLINESCLINTSCLIPESCTENESELECTSELINTSELITESELPEESENISLEENLISTENSILEENTICEINCEPTINCLESINLETSINSECTINSTEPINTELSLECTINLENITELENTICLEPTINLISTEELISTENNEELESNELIESNEPITSNESTLENICESTNIECESPECTENPECTINPEECESPEINCTPELITEPENCELPENCESPENCILPENIESPENILEPENSEEPENSELPENSILPESTLEPICENEPIECENPIECESPINTLESCIENTSEELIESEITENSELECTSENILESEPTICSIECLESILENESILENTSPECIESPENCESPINELSPINETSPLEENSPLENTSPLICESPLINESPLINTSTELICSTIPELTEENESTEPEESTINSEL
5 letter words (124)
CEILSCELTSCENSECENTSCEPESCESTICETESCIELSCINESCITESCLEEPCLEPECLEPTCLIESCLINECLINTCLIPECLIPSCLIPTCTENEEISELELECTELINTELITEELPEEELSINENLITEPEESEPICSESILEETENSINCLEINEPTINLETINSETINTELISLETISTLELEEPSLEESELEETSLENESLENISLENSELENTILIENSLINESLINTSLITESNEELENEEPSNEESENEISTNELISNEPITNETESNIECENITESPEECEPEELSPEENSPEINSPEISEPELESPELTSPENCEPENESPENIEPENTSPIECEPIETSPILESPINESPINTSPISTEPLIESSCENESCENTSEINESENTESENTISEPICSIENTSILENSINCESLEEPSLEETSLEPTSLICESLIPESLIPTSNIPESPEELSPEILSPELTSPENTSPICESPIELSPILESPILTSPINESPITESPLITSTEELSTEENSTEEPSTEILSTEINSTELESTILESTIPETEELSTEENETEENSTEILSTEINSTELESTELICTENESTENSETEPEETICESTILESTINES
4 letter words (133)
CEESCEILCELSCELTCENSCENTCEPECEPSCETECIELCINECISTCITECITSCLIPEELSEINEELSEELTSENESEPEEEPICESNEETENETICICESISLELEEPLEESLEETLEISLENSLENTLEPSLEPTLESTLETSLICELIENLIESLINELINSLINTLIPELIPSLISPLISTLITELITSNEEPNEPSNESTNETENETSNICENIESNILSNIPSNITENITSPECSPEELPEENPEESPEINPELEPELSPELTPENEPENIPENSPENTPESTPETSPICEPICSPIESPIETPILEPINEPINSPINTPISEPITSPLIESECTSEELSEENSEEPSEILSELESENESENTSEPTSICESIENSILESILTSINESIPESITESLEESLIPSLITSNEESNIPSNITSPECSPETSPIESPINSPITSTENSTEPSTIETECSTEELTEENTEESTEILTEINTELETELSTENETENSTICETICSTIESTILETILSTINETINSTIPS
3 letter words (67)
CEECELCEPCISCITEELEENELSELTENEENSESTICEINSITSLEELEILEPLESLETLIELINLIPLISLITNEENEPNETNIENILNIPNISNITPECPEEPELPENPESPETPICPIEPINPISPITPSIPSTSECSEESEISELSENSETSICSINSIPSITTECTEETELTENTESTICTIETILTINTIPTIS
2 letter words (16)
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