disease: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 8 letter points · starts with D · ends with E
Meaning of disease
noun
- countable, uncountable
An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
Example: The tomato plants had some kind of disease that left their leaves splotchy and their fruit withered.
- countable, figuratively, uncountable
Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.
- countable, uncountable
A lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.
Listed forms: diseases.
Source: Wiktionary — disease.
verb
- transitive
To infect with a disease.
- obsolete, transitive
To cause unease; to annoy, irritate.
Listed forms: diseases, diseasing, diseased.
Source: Wiktionary — disease.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is disease in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of disease
D(2) + I(1) + S(1) + E(1) + A(1) + S(1) + E(1) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of disease
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from disease
50 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in disease. Showing up to 24, longest first.