diabetes: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 11 letter points · starts with D · ends with S
Meaning of diabetes
noun
- uncountable
Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.
- humorous, slang, uncountable
Any food or beverage with a high amount of sugar.
- uncountable
Diabetes insipidus; any condition characterized by excessive or incontinent urine, now specifically as caused by impaired production of, or response to, the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin.
Source: Wiktionary — diabetes.
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Is diabetes in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of diabetes
D(2) + I(1) + A(1) + B(3) + E(1) + T(1) + E(1) + S(1) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of diabetes
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from diabetes
181 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in diabetes. Showing up to 24, longest first.