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Is plague a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word plague is a Scrabble US word. The word plague is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is plague a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word plague is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Is plague a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word plague is a Words With Friends word. The word plague is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

PLAGUE,

5-letter words (3 found)

PAGLE,PELAU,PLAGE,

4-letter words (24 found)

AGLU,AGUE,EGAL,GALE,GAPE,GAUP,GEAL,GLUE,GULA,GULE,GULP,LEAP,LUGE,PAGE,PALE,PAUL,PEAG,PEAL,PELA,PLEA,PLUE,PLUG,PULA,PULE,

3-letter words (30 found)

AGE,ALE,ALP,ALU,APE,AUE,EAU,GAE,GAL,GAP,GAU,GEL,GUE,GUL,GUP,LAG,LAP,LEA,LEG,LEP,LEU,LUG,PAL,PEA,PEG,PEL,PLU,PUG,PUL,ULE,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AG,AL,EA,EL,GU,LA,PA,PE,UG,UP,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 70 words from plague according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of plague

plague

Etymology

From Middle English plage, borrowed from Old French plage, from Latin plāga (“blow, wound”), from plangō (“to strike”). Cognate with Middle Dutch plāghe (> Dutch plaag), plāghen (> Dutch plagen); Middle Low German plāge; Middle High German plāge, pflāge (> German Plage); plāgen (> German plagen); Swedish plåga; French plaie, Occitan plaga. Doublet of plaga. Displaced native Old English wōl.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: plāg, IPA(key): /pleɪɡ/, [pʰl̥eɪɡ]
  • (US, nonstandard) IPA(key): /plɛɡ/, [pʰɫ̥ɛːɡ]
  • Rhymes: -eɪɡ

Noun

plague (countable and uncountable, plural plagues)

  1. (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
  2. (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
  3. A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
  4. (figurative) A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.
  5. (ornithology) A group of common grackles.

Synonyms

  • pest, pestilence

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Verb

plague (third-person singular simple present plagues, present participle plaguing, simple past and past participle plagued)

  1. (transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
  2. (transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity.

Derived terms

  • plagued

Translations

Spanish

Verb

plague

  1. inflection of plagar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org