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Yes. The word pertussis is a Scrabble US word. The word pertussis is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word pertussis is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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9-letter words (1 found)

PERTUSSIS,

8-letter words (6 found)

PERSISTS,PURSIEST,PUSSIEST,SUITRESS,SUSPIRES,TSURISES,

7-letter words (33 found)

ESPRITS,ISSUERS,PERITUS,PERSIST,PISSERS,PRIESTS,PRISSES,PUIREST,PURISTS,PUSSERS,PUSSIER,PUSSIES,RESISTS,RISUSES,RUSSETS,SISTERS,SITREPS,SITUSES,SPRIEST,SPRITES,SPRUITS,STIRPES,STRIPES,SUITERS,SUSPIRE,TISSUES,TRIPSES,TRUSSES,TUSSERS,UPRESTS,UPRISES,UPRISTS,UPSTIRS,

6-letter words (71 found)

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5-letter words (95 found)

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4-letter words (90 found)

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3-letter words (52 found)

ERS,ESS,EST,IRE,ITS,PER,PES,PET,PIE,PIR,PIS,PIT,PIU,PRE,PSI,PST,PUR,PUS,PUT,REI,REP,RES,RET,RIP,RIT,RUE,RUT,SEI,SER,SET,SIP,SIR,SIS,SIT,SRI,SUE,SUI,SUP,SUR,SUS,TES,TIE,TIP,TIS,TUI,TUP,UPS,URE,URP,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (16 found)

ER,ES,ET,IS,IT,PE,PI,RE,SI,ST,TE,TI,UP,UR,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 365 words from pertussis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pertussis

pertussis

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin per- (“thorough”) +‎ tussis (“cough”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈtʌsɪs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɚˈtʌsɪs/

Noun

pertussis (countable and uncountable, plural pertusses)

  1. (pathology) Whooping cough.
    • 2015, Dr. Stephen Berger, Pertussis: Global Status, GIDEON Informatics, Inc., E-book, page 343,
      During 1993 to 2004, the hospitalization rate [in the US] for pertussis among infants ages <= 2 months was 239 per 100,000 live births.

Related terms

  • pertussal
  • pertussoid
  • DPT

Translations

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin pertussis, from per- + tussi. Cf. tos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peɾˈtusis/ [peɾˈt̪u.sis]
  • Rhymes: -usis
  • Syllabification: per‧tus‧sis

Noun

pertussis f (plural pertussis)

  1. pertussis
    Synonyms: tosferina, coqueluche

Source: wiktionary.org