Definition of perniciously

"perniciously" in the adverb sense

1. insidiously, perniciously

in a harmfully insidious manner

"these drugs act insidiously"

2. banefully, perniciously

in a noxiously baneful way

"this banefully poisoned climate"

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perniciously in Scrabble®

The word perniciously is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters perniciously:

PERNICIOUSLY
(216)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (80 words)

clerisy, cloners, closeup, closure, cloyers, coiners, copiers, cornily, counsel, coupler, couples, crispen, crisply, cronies, cuisine, elision, elusion, elusory, eosinic, epsilon, incisor, inspire, ioniser, irenics, ironies, leprosy, leprous, lineups, lionise, liriope, lousier, lupines, noisier, noisily, pencils, pincers, piously, pleions, polices, porcine, pouncer, pounces, presync, princes, proline, pronely, psionic, purines, purlins, purloin, pyloric, pylorus, pyrones, reclips, recoils, recoins, recoups, scruple, sericin, silicon, sirloin, sluicer, soupier, spicery, spicier, spicily, spicule, spinier, spinule, splenic, splicer, spoiler, sporule, syncope, unclips, unclose, uncoils, unipole, uprisen, upsilon

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word perniciously

PERNICIOUSLY
(216)
PERNICIOUSLY
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PERNICIOUSLY
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In perniciously

PERNICIOUSLY
(216)
PERNICIOUSLY
(207)
PERNICIOUSLY
(144)
PERNICIOUSLY
(138)
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SPICILY
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CRISPLY
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PRESYNC
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SPICILY
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PYRONES
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PIOUSLY
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CLOYERS
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CLOYERS
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LEPROSY
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CORNILY
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PRONELY
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PRONELY
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CORNILY
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PERNICIOUSLY
(96)
PYLORIC
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SPICILY
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SPICILY
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PRESYNC
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PYLORIC
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PIOUSLY
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SPICILY
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SYNCOPE
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SYNCOPE
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SPICERY
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LEPROSY
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CRISPLY
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SYNCOPE
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PSIONIC
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RECLIPS
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PRINCES
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PORCINE
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CLOSEUP
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POLICES
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PENCILS
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PINCERS
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COUPLES
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PYLORIC
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CLOSEUP
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NOISILY
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PINCERS
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PRESYNC
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PORCINE
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SYNCOPE
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PRESYNC
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PSIONIC
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PERNICIOUSLY
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ELUSORY
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ELUSORY
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NOISILY
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CORNILY
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perniciously in Words With Friends™

The word perniciously is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 23

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters perniciously:

PERNICIOUSLY
(315)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (80 words)

clerisy, cloners, closeup, closure, cloyers, coiners, copiers, cornily, counsel, coupler, couples, crispen, crisply, cronies, cuisine, elision, elusion, elusory, eosinic, epsilon, incisor, inspire, ioniser, irenics, ironies, leprosy, leprous, lineups, lionise, liriope, lousier, lupines, noisier, noisily, pencils, pincers, piously, pleions, polices, porcine, pouncer, pounces, presync, princes, proline, pronely, psionic, purines, purlins, purloin, pyloric, pylorus, pyrones, reclips, recoils, recoins, recoups, scruple, sericin, silicon, sirloin, sluicer, soupier, spicery, spicier, spicily, spicule, spinier, spinule, splenic, splicer, spoiler, sporule, syncope, unclips, unclose, uncoils, unipole, uprisen, upsilon

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word perniciously

PERNICIOUSLY
(315)
PERNICIOUSLY
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PERNICIOUSLY
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PERNICIOUSLY
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PERNICIOUSLY
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PERNICIOUSLY
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PERNICIOUSLY
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(54)
PERNICIOUSLY
(34)
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PERNICIOUSLY
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(27)
PERNICIOUSLY
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In perniciously

PERNICIOUSLY
(315)
PERNICIOUSLY
(297)
PERNICIOUSLY
(261)
PERNICIOUSLY
(243)
PERNICIOUSLY
(210)
PERNICIOUSLY
(198)
SPICILY
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SYNCOPE
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SPICULE
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SPICERY
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PRESYNC
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SYNCOPE
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CRISPLY
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COPIERS
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SPICIER
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SPICILY
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PYLORIC
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UNCLIPS
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COUPLER
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SPICULE
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SCRUPLE
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POUNCER
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POUNCES
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PENCILS
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PERNICIOUSLY
(116)
COUPLES
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PENCILS
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CRISPLY
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PORCINE
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PSIONIC
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PINCERS
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PYLORIC
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RECLIPS
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POLICES
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PRESYNC
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LUPINES
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CLOSEUP
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LEPROSY
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UNIPOLE
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UNCOILS
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COUNSEL
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PERNICIOUSLY
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CORNILY
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PRONELY
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PRINCES
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PINCERS
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RECLIPS
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SPLICER
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EOSINIC
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POUNCER
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COUNSEL
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RECOINS
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UNCLOSE
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PURLOIN
(98 = 63 + 35)
PURLOIN
(98 = 63 + 35)
SPICULE
(98 = 63 + 35)

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9 letter words in perniciously (6 words)

10 letter words in perniciously (2 words)

12 letter words in perniciously (1 word)

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