Blight
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A disease, pest, or damaging condition that destroys plants, or more broadly any affliction that spoils or ruins something.
“Potato blight devastated the crop and brought the community to the brink of starvation.”
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Wordle
Ends in -IGHT like fight, light, night, and sight, the BL- opener is the distinguishing factor
Scrabble
BLIGHT scores 12 points, the GH pairing and T ending give strong tile value and it hooks to BLIGHTED or BLIGHTS
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