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Definition of pertussis

"pertussis" in the noun sense

1. whooping cough, pertussis

a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane

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pertussis in Scrabble®

The word pertussis 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: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters pertussis:

PERTUSSIS
(108)
PERTUSSIS
(108)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (18 words)

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In pertussis

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(108)
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pertussis in Words With Friends™

The word pertussis 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: 13

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

PERTUSSIS
(153)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (18 words)

issuers, persist, priests, purists, pussier, pussies, resists, russets, sisters, spriest, sprites, stripes, stupers, suiters, suspire, tissues, trusses, uprises

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word pertussis

PERTUSSIS
(153)
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(90)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In pertussis

PERTUSSIS
(153)
SUSPIRE
(104 = 69 + 35)
STUPERS
(98 = 63 + 35)
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PERTUSSIS
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Words containing the sequence pertussis

Words that start with pertussis (1 word)

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Words with pertussis in them (1 word)

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Words that end with pertussis (1 word)

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Word Growth involving pertussis

Shorter words in pertussis

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