Definition of pestiferous

"pestiferous" in the adjective sense

1. dirty, pestiferous

contaminated with infecting organisms

"dirty wounds"

"obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen

2. pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey

likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease

"a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift

"plaguey fevers"

3. corruptive, perversive, pestiferous

tending to corrupt or pervert

4. annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing

causing irritation or annoyance

"tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"

"aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"

"found it galling to have to ask permission"

"an irritating delay"

"nettlesome paperwork"

"a pesky mosquito"

"swarms of pestering gnats"

"a plaguey newfangled safety catch"

"a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"

"a vexatious child"

"it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

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pestiferous in Scrabble®

The word pestiferous 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: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters pestiferous:

PESTIFEROUS
(153)
PESTIFEROUS
(153)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (75 words)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word pestiferous

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

PESTIFEROUS
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(153)
PESTIFEROUS
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pestiferous in Words With Friends™

The word pestiferous 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: 18

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters pestiferous:

PESTIFEROUS
(252)
PESTIFEROUS
(252)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (75 words)

erotise, espouse, estrous, festers, fetuses, firepot, fissure, foister, forests, forties, fosters, fussier, fusspot, oestrus, ousters, outfire, outsees, perfuse, persist, peruses, pesters, piteous, poesies, poetess, poetise, poseurs, posters, posture, pouters, poutier, presets, presift, priests, profess, profits, profuse, purists, pussier, refuses, refutes, reissue, reposes, reposts, resifts, respite, respots, resteps, ropiest, rosiest, serious, sifters, softies, soirees, sorties, soupier, sourest, spouter, spriest, sprites, sprouts, stereos, stories, stourie, strifes, stripes, stupers, stupors, suiters, suitors, surfeit, suspire, toruses, toupees, troupes, uprises

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word pestiferous

PESTIFEROUS
(252)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In pestiferous

PESTIFEROUS
(252)
PESTIFEROUS
(252)
PESTIFEROUS
(198)
PESTIFEROUS
(120)
PESTIFEROUS
(120)
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Words within the letters of pestiferous

2 letter words in pestiferous (14 words)

9 letter words in pestiferous (7 words)

10 letter words in pestiferous (1 word)

11 letter words in pestiferous (1 word)

Words containing the sequence pestiferous

Words that start with pestiferous (1 word)

Words with pestiferous in them (1 word)

Words that end with pestiferous (1 word)

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